OpenSSH 8.8 Release Disabling rsa-sha Digital Signature Support | Linux Today

OpenSSH 8.8 Release Disabling rsa-sha Digital Signature Support

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Sep 27, 2021

OpenSSH 8.8, an open client and server implementation for the SSH 2.0 and SFTP protocols has been published. The release is notable for disabling by default the ability to use digital signatures based on RSA keys with a SHA-1 hash (“ssh-rsa”).

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