[Gllug] ssh

[David Damerell]

On Wednesday, 22 Aug 2001, Paul Brazier wrote:
>When I first started it it generated an RSA key which took a minute or
>so.
>Then it says generating DSA key (I think these TLAs are correct, I'm
>doing this from memory).
>Than it just does nothing on screen - I've left it for 15 mins. Is it
>just doing some heavy calculation that takes ages - should I persevere?

It does take ages even on newer machines. Of course, you could always
generate a dsa keypair with ssh-keygen on another (trusted!) machine
and use that.

>On a related note, what's the essential difference between rsh and
>telnet? Do they both give the same functionality but just use different
>protocols or something?

rsh and friends have a facility for passwordless login; for remote
copying; and to run a command on the remote host rather than just
getting a login shell.

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