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author | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> | 2018-02-22 21:57:47 +0800 |
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committer | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> | 2018-02-22 21:57:47 +0800 |
commit | 2707f054a545788ded23f7886d61ff173a699ddb (patch) | |
tree | a49b3468e26c01f5c34397c80a54d545192781e0 /dropbear.8 | |
parent | 4c95d595c00818f61905a9d607e3fd675ba85458 (diff) |
clarify that -r skips default hostkeys
Diffstat (limited to 'dropbear.8')
-rw-r--r-- | dropbear.8 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ Host Key Files Host key files are read at startup from a standard location, by default /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key, and /etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key -or specified on the commandline with -r. These are of the form generated -by dropbearkey. The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys + +If the -r command line option is specified the default files are not loaded. +Host key files are of the form generated by dropbearkey. +The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys in the default location - keys will be generated after startup when the first connection is established. This had the benefit that the system /dev/urandom random number source has a better chance of being securely seeded. |