Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication

[Mick]

On Monday 09 October 2006 22:48, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Monday 09 October 2006 09:07, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote
>
> about '[gentoo-user] [OT] RSA Vs DSA keys for SSH authentication':
> > Some say that RSA is
> > widely considered more secure than DSA.
>
> DSA is mathematically stronger than RSA.  However, that doesn't mean much
> since most attacks don't come from attacking the core of the algorithm
> anyway.

Do you mean that an RSA key with twice the number of bits (e.g. 2048 or even 
higher) is still weaker (i.e. easier to crack) than the DSA key?  I know it's 
all psychological, but in my paranoid state it'll make me feel 
better . . .  :))
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Regards,
Mick