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Post-quantum security for SSH access on GitHub

lowgithub_security_labPublished 2025-09-15

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today, we&rsquo;re announcing some changes that will improve the security of accessing Git data over SSH.</p>

<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-what-s-changing">What&rsquo;s changing?</h2>

<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We&rsquo;re adding a new post-quantum secure SSH key exchange algorithm, known alternately as <code>sntrup761x25519-sha512</code> and <code>sntr

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