openssh unix dev - May 2005 - public-key ?

Hi,

I'm not a crypto expert, so after reading this interview with Bruce Schneier
( http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/324 ) I'm wondering if OpenSSH has
the same problem he talks about, that is one public-key algorithm.

Doesn't OpenSSH use RSA, DSA, and DH ?

Also, is there any plan to include those new NSA standards based on ECC ?

Ed White wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not a crypto expert, so after reading this interview with Bruce
Schneier
> ( http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/324 ) I'm wondering if
OpenSSH has
> the same problem he talks about, that is one public-key algorithm.
I don't see anything in there where he talks about a problem.
> Doesn't OpenSSH use RSA, DSA, and DH ?
Yes, but those are three different algorithms, based on two different
number-theoretic approaches.
> Also, is there any plan to include those new NSA standards based on ECC ?
No, they are a patent minefield that we don't have time to negotiate.

-d