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OpenSSH makes bcrypt key encryption default (marc.info)
5 points by oomkiller on Dec 7, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


For those that don't know, OpenSSH previously used MD5 to secure the private keys. They added the option a while back to use PBKDF2 via PKCS#8, but I rarely see it in use in the wild.




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