* [9fans] dsa keys.
@ 2006-03-12 1:00 quanstro
2006-03-12 0:17 ` Russ Cox
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From: quanstro @ 2006-03-12 1:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
is there a reason that auth/dsagen (and friends) do not exist
(other than nobody wanted to write them)?
- erik
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 1:00 [9fans] dsa keys quanstro
@ 2006-03-12 0:17 ` Russ Cox
2006-03-12 1:20 ` quanstro
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From: Russ Cox @ 2006-03-12 0:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
They do exist, only in Plan 9 from User Space.
They don't exist in Plan 9 only because we don't have
anything that actually uses dsa keys.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 0:17 ` Russ Cox
@ 2006-03-12 1:20 ` quanstro
2006-03-12 0:34 ` William Josephson
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From: quanstro @ 2006-03-12 1:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
these days many places require dsa ssh keys.
- erik
On Sat Mar 11 18:17:48 CST 2006, rsc@swtch.com wrote:
> They do exist, only in Plan 9 from User Space.
>
> They don't exist in Plan 9 only because we don't have
> anything that actually uses dsa keys.
>
> Russ
>
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 1:20 ` quanstro
@ 2006-03-12 0:34 ` William Josephson
2006-03-12 1:43 ` quanstro
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From: William Josephson @ 2006-03-12 0:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 07:20:19PM -0600, quanstro@quanstro.net wrote:
> these days many places require dsa ssh keys.
As Russ said:
They don't exist in Plan 9 only because we don't have
anything that actually uses dsa keys.
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 0:34 ` William Josephson
@ 2006-03-12 1:43 ` quanstro
2006-03-12 1:02 ` Russ Cox
2006-03-12 1:03 ` William Josephson
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From: quanstro @ 2006-03-12 1:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
true enough. but this can become chicken-and-egg logic.
as in: ssh doesn't support dsa because auth doesn't support dsa.
i thought that getting auth to support dsa keys would be a good start
on ssh support.
- erik
On Sat Mar 11 18:36:30 CST 2006, jkw@eecs.harvard.edu wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 07:20:19PM -0600, quanstro@quanstro.net wrote:
> > these days many places require dsa ssh keys.
>
> As Russ said:
>
> They don't exist in Plan 9 only because we don't have
> anything that actually uses dsa keys.
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 1:43 ` quanstro
@ 2006-03-12 1:02 ` Russ Cox
2006-03-12 2:07 ` quanstro
2006-03-12 1:03 ` William Josephson
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From: Russ Cox @ 2006-03-12 1:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> true enough. but this can become chicken-and-egg logic.
> as in: ssh doesn't support dsa because auth doesn't support dsa.
>
> i thought that getting auth to support dsa keys would be a good start
> on ssh support.
ssh doesn't support dsa not because there is no dsagen
but because it only supports version 1 of the protocol.
if you write an rsa-only ssh2, i will be happy to add the
dsa code.
/n/sources/contrib/rsc/*ssh*
russ
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 1:02 ` Russ Cox
@ 2006-03-12 2:07 ` quanstro
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: quanstro @ 2006-03-12 2:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
i know. i was just objecting to the logic of "we cant build x because
we also do not have y."
hopefully i'll have time. i still have this unsightly ide drive
sticking out of my plan9 machine. ;-)
- erik
On Sat Mar 11 19:03:10 CST 2006, rsc@swtch.com wrote:
> > true enough. but this can become chicken-and-egg logic.
> > as in: ssh doesn't support dsa because auth doesn't support dsa.
> >
> > i thought that getting auth to support dsa keys would be a good start
> > on ssh support.
>
> ssh doesn't support dsa not because there is no dsagen
> but because it only supports version 1 of the protocol.
> if you write an rsa-only ssh2, i will be happy to add the
> dsa code.
>
> /n/sources/contrib/rsc/*ssh*
>
> russ
>
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* Re: [9fans] dsa keys.
2006-03-12 1:43 ` quanstro
2006-03-12 1:02 ` Russ Cox
@ 2006-03-12 1:03 ` William Josephson
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: William Josephson @ 2006-03-12 1:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 07:43:22PM -0600, quanstro@quanstro.net wrote:
> true enough. but this can become chicken-and-egg logic.
> as in: ssh doesn't support dsa because auth doesn't support dsa.
Not really: you need SSH2 for DSA to be useful.
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