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authorDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2006-03-22 19:46:12 +0000
committerDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2006-03-22 19:46:12 +0000
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-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.69 2005/06/08 03:50:00 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.72 2005/11/28 05:16:53 dtucker Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ keys for use by SSH protocol version 2.
The type of key to be generated is specified with the
.Fl t
option.
+If invoked without any arguments,
+.Nm
+will generate an RSA key for use in SSH protocol 2 connections.
.Pp
.Nm
is also used to generate groups for use in Diffie-Hellman group
@@ -187,9 +190,9 @@ command.
Show the bubblebabble digest of specified private or public key file.
.It Fl b Ar bits
Specifies the number of bits in the key to create.
-Minimum is 512 bits.
+For RSA keys, the minimum size is 768 bits and the default is 2048 bits.
Generally, 2048 bits is considered sufficient.
-The default is 2048 bits.
+DSA keys must be exactly 1024 bits as specified by FIPS 186-2.
.It Fl C Ar comment
Provides a new comment.
.It Fl c