> On Oct 28, 2015, at 6:43 AM, Pierre Muller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I am not sure this is the correct mailing list for this question,
> but I was wondering if it would not be better to allow now also SSH version
> 2 keys
> for remote write access to Gnu repositories.
>
> The reason for me to ask is simply that protocol 1 is now disabled by
> default on Cygwin installation.
> This means that ssh-agent, which I normally use to avoid having to type my
> password
> each time I access git repository for instance, does not work for my
> SSH-version 1 key anymore.
>
> I suppose that this has to do with the fact that version 1 is less
> "secure" than version 2.
> what are the reasons why GNU still insists on only using version 1 keys?
I don't believe that it does. I have an SSH 2 key registered with the GNU servers, not a V1 key. Maybe all you need to do is submit your SSH V2 key.
A related question is whether the GNU servers should disable SSH V1 across the board. It seems like a good idea to do so.
paul
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