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Update ssh.md to warn about curve P-521

Greg Alfaro requested to merge truegreg-master-patch-90584 into master

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This MR updates the handbook to include a warning about the unsafe curve P-521 when generating a key. Recent attacks have been disclosed demonstrating this curve's weakness.

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Edited by Greg Alfaro

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