How to generate host keys for OpenSSH

To generate new host keys for OpenSSH do the following:

ssh-keygen -t rsa1 -b 1024 -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key -N ''
ssh-keygen -d -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N ''
ssh-keygen -t rsa -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N ''

Last updated: 24/05/2006