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doc: add flag for output of RSA keys (nodejs#613)
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danielleadams authored Sep 29, 2020
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By default, the resulting private key will be placed in `~/.ssh/id_rsa` and
public key in `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`.
public key in `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`. You can write the key to a Node namespace with
the `-f` flag:

```
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -o -a 100 -N '' -f ~/.ssh/node_id_rsa
```

Ed25519 is an elliptic curve DSA algorithm that offers similar complexity to
RSA at 4096 bits but is significantly smaller in file size. It is not supported
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