RE: OpenSSH question of server keys on FreeBSD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: joel d [mailto:joelgroup@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:26 PM
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running into a problem trying to setup OpenSSH 3.6.1 on FreeBSD
> 5.3 release.  I am connecting via clients (both ssh on BSD and WinSCP
> on Windows). 
>
> When I test the server with "sshd -ddd", I get an error back from the
> server which reads:
> debug3:  Not a RSA1 key file /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

Joel, 
The file name above indeed does not appear to be a RSA1 key. In fact the name 
(whether accurate or not) states the key to be DSA.

Here is an example of my host keys and the relevant entry in my sshd_config:

$ ls /etc/ssh/*key
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key

$ grep -i key /etc/ssh/sshd_config
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key

On my host, I support ssh protocol 2, so I only have DSA and RSA host keys. If 
I had an RSA1 host key it would read like this in my sshd_config:

HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key

With that said, it is best practice to use only protocol 2.
  

HTH.
Matt