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authorMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2018-02-22 21:57:47 +0800
committerMatt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>2018-02-22 21:57:47 +0800
commit2707f054a545788ded23f7886d61ff173a699ddb (patch)
treea49b3468e26c01f5c34397c80a54d545192781e0 /dropbear.8
parent4c95d595c00818f61905a9d607e3fd675ba85458 (diff)
downloaddropbear-2707f054a545788ded23f7886d61ff173a699ddb.tar.gz
clarify that -r skips default hostkeys
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@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ Host Key Files
Host key files are read at startup from a standard location, by default
/etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key, and
/etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key
-or specified on the commandline with -r. These are of the form generated
-by dropbearkey. The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys
+
+If the -r command line option is specified the default files are not loaded.
+Host key files are of the form generated by dropbearkey.
+The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys
in the default location - keys will be generated after startup when the first
connection is established. This had the benefit that the system /dev/urandom
random number source has a better chance of being securely seeded.