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OpenSSH 10.6 enables a post-quantum signature algorithm, so experimental keys need replacing

The OpenSSH team released version 10.6 on Oct. 6, enabling a post-quantum signature algorithm and requiring users to replace experimental keys. The maintainers said they will ship releases more often for now to get bugfixes into users' hands more quickly, citing a large number of security reports, many found by AI models or with AI help, with some bugs independently rediscovered by other researchers. The maintainers warned that adversaries who do not report bugs to open-source projects "are likely" to exploit them.

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The OpenSSH team released version 10.6 on Oct. 6 and said it will ship releases more often for now to get bugfixes into users’ hands more quickly. The maintainers have received a large number of security reports, many found by AI models or with AI help, and in a number of cases a different researcher independently found the same bug later. Adversaries who do not report bugs to open-source projects, the maintainers wrote, “are likely … More

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