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Old 02-15-2010
Difference in auth key commands?

Good morning!

What is the difference between:

ssh-keygen -t rsa

and

ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa?

Thanks
Bigben
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Old 02-15-2010
Code:
ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa?

2048-bit RSA keys

Code:
ssh-keygen -t rsa

1024-bit RSA Keys
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Old 02-15-2010
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