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.ssh/id_dsa

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What is this endpoint?

.ssh/id_dsa

OpenSSH DSA private key file (legacy)

What an attacker could do

This legacy DSA private key allows SSH impersonation of its owner where the public key is authorized; DSA's weak 1024-bit keys are also more susceptible to cryptographic attack, compounding the risk.

How to defend it

Remove DSA keys from any web-accessible path, migrate off DSA to Ed25519 or RSA, revoke the exposed key from all authorized_keys files, and enforce strict key file permissions.

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