OpenSSH's `ssh-keygen` command just got a great upgrade.

In today's episode, I cover how Ed25519 keys are now the default, and how it probably doesn't impact your workflow. I'll briefly cover how the whole thing works, in an under 10 minute video. As per the custom in these parts, there's a few vintage computing goodies peppered throughout the episode.

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Macintosh Librarian put out a great video about a Power Computing Macintosh clone recently that really caught my eye. I find the history of Apple, and Apple-adjacent technology fascinating, and if that's something you're into as well, Macintosh Librarian is worth your attention.

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🖥️ Commands used during the making of this video 🖥️
`ssh-keygen` by itself: creates a default key in the default location (usually the .ssh folder inside the home directory).

With options, it gets more features. The `-t` option specifies the key type:
-- `ssh-keygen -t rsa` generates an rsa key
-- `ssh-keygen -t ed25519` generates an ed25519 key

You'll see me combine this with the `-f` option to specify the output file(s). So `ssh-keygen -f .ssh/testkeylmde -t ed25519` would create a key pair in the .ssh folder with the filename "testkeylmde" (and "testkeylmde.pub" for the public file).

You can then use `ssh-copy-id` to transfer and set up the public keyfile on a server, so that your private key will work with it:

`ssh-copy-id -i [path-to-public-key] [user][at][server]`

As I mentioned a few times, I have a more thorough OpenSSH video: [ Ссылка ]

And for further reading about cryptography in general, here's some Wikipedia I referenced in the video:

- RSA: [ Ссылка ]
- Curve25519 (where ed25519 gets its mathy bits from): [ Ссылка ]
- The Twisted Edwards curve: [ Ссылка ]
- EdDSA (the section on Ed25519): [ Ссылка ]

📖 Chapters 📖
0:00 News about OpenSSH!
1:48 The basics of OpenSSH and ssh-keygen
4:27 How does this change impact you?
7:34 Now's a good time to prune your keys
9:04 What I'm Watching: Macintosh Librarian

#linux #homelab #openssh

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