Post-quantum security for SSH access on GitHub

GitHub is introducing post-quantum secure key exchange methods for SSH access to better protect Git data in transit.

Announcement published in the github blog

From the webpage:
“Today, we’re announcing some changes that will improve the security of accessing Git data over SSH.

What’s changing?

We’re adding a new post-quantum secure SSH key exchange algorithm, known alternately as sntrup761x25519-sha512 and sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com, to our SSH endpoints for accessing Git data.

This only affects SSH access and doesn’t impact HTTPS access at all.

It also does not affect GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency in the United States region.”

More information: https://github.blog/engineering/platform-security/post-quantum-security-for-ssh-access-on-github/

Origin of text: https://github.blog/engineering/platform-security/post-quantum-security-for-ssh-access-on-github/
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