Dear Dreamhost:

Please stop changing your SSH RSA host keys. I need constant RSA host keys so I have some confidence that I am connected to the actual machine I think I'm connected to. When I make my first connection, the RSA host key is stored in a file on my computer, and I take it on faith that the connection is genuine. On subsequent connection attempts, if the RSA key does not match the one on my computer, my SSH client gets suspicious and refuses to connect, until I tell it to forget the old key and connect to whomever is waving the mismatched key at me.

When you change the RSA host key on a regular basis like you do, I can't tell the difference between you guys and someone malicious pretending to be you guys to steal my password and mess with my brain.

Unless someone can give me a good reason why RSA host keys ought to change on a regular basis (once every few months, it seems), please don't. Thanks!

— Dan