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by ultramancool 3556 days ago
> That is a concern for the DH key establishment though, that might be decrypted in future.

If you're paranoid, configure your SSH server to only accept Curve25519-based key exchanges, only use AES with authenticated modes or CTR+ETM or chacha/poly1305, and only take ed25519 or long RSA authentication keys.

Assuming your clients are up to date it should work without any major impact. I also strongly recommend rejecting NIST "random" curves in your hostkey verification, better RSA or ed25519 than the current default of the somewhat questionable ECDSA-based keys.

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Won't the quantum computer break the curve25519 key exchange?
Yes. This advice is incorrect with regards to quantum computers.
Yes, eventually, but there's a lot bigger concerns than quantum computers currently.