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Your Server Doesn't Know What Random Means (And That's a Problem)

Your Server Doesn't Know What Random Means (And That's a Problem)

Your freshly booted VM is generating SSH keys with barely any entropy, and that should make you nervous. Linux needs randomness to do cryptography, and headless servers are terrible at collecting it. Here's what's actually happening inside /dev/random and how to fix it before you generate a weak key.

Ed25519 ssh keys

Ed25519 ssh keys

Ed25519 is faster and more secure than RSA for SSH keys — generate a key pair, add it to authorized_keys, and ditch the old RSA habits.