Re: sshd appears to be broken when both host rsa and dsa key file present

[Jordan Gordeev <jgordeev@xxxxxx>]

Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:

> Matthew Dillon wrote:
>  
>
> > :Would there really be any reason to change it back.  I assume they changed RSA
> > :to being the default is because the patent is expired.  Also, according to my
> > :notes,
> > :
> > :    RSA is preferable in most cases, since DSA is slower
> > :    and cannot encrypt in and of itself (DSA is a signing
> > :    algorithm only).  RSA can be used to encrypt files.
> >
> >    Yes, because ssh will unexpectedly stop working in automated scripts
> >    if we change the default as the related keys will not be in the 
> >    known_hosts file.
> >    
>
> The real question for me is, why is the server only offering one key or why is the client not checking for the DSA key it already knows?
>
>  
Configure your client to prefer the other algorithm and run it against a 
known server with as many -v options as appropriate.
Read the debug output and the message that ssh displays.

> cheers
>  simon
>