PuTTY wish ed25519

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summary: Support for Ed25519 user and host keys
class: wish: This is a request for an enhancement.
difficulty: tricky: Needs many tuits.
depends: openssh-new-key-format
priority: medium: This should be fixed one day.
fixed-in: 2015-05-10 76a4b576e58fa3b245b02f9fbb052e4651acbfa9 (0.68)

OpenSSH has a mechanism for using Ed25519 for user and host authentication (called ssh-ed25519). PuTTY now has support for that as well.

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(last revision of this bug record was at 2023-07-12 18:17:22 +0100)