From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 11 11:44:27 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1001BACB2FD for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:44:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S20.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s20.hotmail.com [65.55.111.159]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C345584A for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:44:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP204 ([65.55.111.135]) by BLU004-OMC4S20.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Fri, 11 Mar 2016 03:44:25 -0800 X-TMN: [03x4WTwpVuASLzQSh3TMUtj4atQvXjNt] X-Originating-Email: [carmel_ny@outlook.com] Message-ID: X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 06:44:22 -0500 From: Carmel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSH and FreeBSD-11 In-Reply-To: <56E2AC3F.2050907@freebsd.org> References: <56E2AC3F.2050907@freebsd.org> Organization: Seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.28; i686-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Mar 2016 11:44:24.0534 (UTC) FILETIME=[5C0AD760:01D17B8B] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:44:27 -0000 On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:30:07 +0000, Matthew Seaman stated: > DSA keys will have been deprecated because they only allow a 1024bit > modulus, and that's now known to be vulnerable to attack. It takes > quite a well resourced attacker to do so right now, but Moore's law > will soon make that club a lot less exclusive. I can appreciate that; however, if they are not going to be created in the first place, why is an error message being displayed that they cannot be loaded. That makes no sense, IMHO. -- Carmel