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authorMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2008-11-09 10:59:19 +0000
committerMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2008-11-09 10:59:19 +0000
commit5efdd391eb215a26c6efd5e632f2b0d9823515b3 (patch)
treeec977aed1476796d71b501905bfca0ac34996758 /dropbearkey.8
parentadc4d0194f4c9348cdd331e80deb2b3401a29877 (diff)
Mention DSS and DSA being the same thing
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@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ dropbearkey \- create private keys for the use with dropbear(8)
.IR bits ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dropbearkey
-generates a type
-.I rsa
+generates a
+.I RSA
or
-.I dss
-SSH private key, and saves it to a file for the use with the
+.I DSS
+format SSH private key, and saves it to a file for the use with the
.BR dropbear (8)
SSH 2 server.
+Note that
+some SSH implementations
+use the term "DSA" rather than "DSS", they mean the same thing.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-t \fItype