# HG changeset patch # User Matt Johnston # Date 1519307867 -28800 # Node ID 2e9b6d9c7e7d55e4a86e7ffd1345a73ed9bd484d # Parent 3616ec41d03d80b0d1ace9a8aed37d6ecdac9c5b clarify that -r skips default hostkeys diff -r 3616ec41d03d -r 2e9b6d9c7e7d dropbear.8 --- a/dropbear.8 Thu Feb 22 21:55:15 2018 +0800 +++ b/dropbear.8 Thu Feb 22 21:57:47 2018 +0800 @@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ Host key files are read at startup from a standard location, by default /etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key, /etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key, and /etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key -or specified on the commandline with -r. These are of the form generated -by dropbearkey. The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys + +If the -r command line option is specified the default files are not loaded. +Host key files are of the form generated by dropbearkey. +The -R option can be used to automatically generate keys in the default location - keys will be generated after startup when the first connection is established. This had the benefit that the system /dev/urandom random number source has a better chance of being securely seeded.