Re: RSA/DSA

[Wim Bertels <wim.bertels@khleuven.be>]

On vr, 2011-11-25 at 11:31 +0000, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Wim Bertels:
> 
> > So why isn't it possible to choose one the longer keylengths for DSA?
> 
> The original DSA standard explicitly required that key lengths did not
> exceed 1024 bits.  Older OpenSSH versions implemented that standard.

tnx, 
i wonder then if using 1024 on squeeze (or lenny) is still secure?

do u know if ssh can work without DSA, using only RSA?

mvg,
Wim

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