From f2819651bf7cdbfd89b47826ea88d5ab3a15da7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danielle Adams <6271256+danielleadams@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:53:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add flag for output of RSA keys (#613) --- GOVERNANCE.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 68d1ed4..5fa5e20 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -174,7 +174,12 @@ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -o -a 100 -N '' ``` 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