SSH/SSHD failing in FIPS mode due to unsupported encryption key

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ssh-keygen: generating new host keys: ED25519 ED25519 keys are not allowed in FIPS mode
  • main: sshd: Ed25519 keys are not allowed in FIPS mode, skipping /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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