Azure customers can now use the secure and smaller ED25519 SSH keys with their Linux VMs. Previously, customers only had the option of using RSA keys for SSH connections to their Linux VMs on Azure. Now customers can choose between RSA and ED25519 based keys.
Azure now allows the creation of ED25519 SSH keys directly within the Azure Portal for a simplified key management process. Additionally, Azure CLI and PowerShell also support ED25519 keys in Azure.
While RSA remains the default key type, users can create or use existing ED25519 SSH keys with their Linux VMs, enhancing the security and deployment efficiency on Azure.
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