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RE: RSA Patent Expired
- From: Enkhyl
- Date: Wed Oct 04 20:05:22 2000
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Richard A. Steenbergen wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Richard Welty wrote:
>
> > Bill Fumerola [mailto:billf@chimesnet.com] wrote:
> > > OpenSSH uses RSA for ssh1, so it too benefited greatly
> > > from RSA's release of the code into the public domain.
> >
> > except that nobody should be using ssh1 for _anything_ if they can
> > possibly avoid it. even the orginal authors of ssh are strongly
> > advocating
> > consigning ssh1 to the trash heap of computer security.
>
> I think you're confused, ssh1 is still a very valid protocol. It is well
> tested and proven, and in many cases better implemented then ssh2 (though
> of course that may change eventually). Don't confuse the desire to make
> money with insecurity.
There are known holes in the SSH1 protocol, which is why it is recommended
that the SSH2 protocol be used.
http://www.securityportal.com/list-archive/bugtraq/1999/Dec/0195.html
The vulnerability is non-trivial to exploit, but it is a flaw. See the
reference in the above link.
--
Christopher Nielsen
(enkhyl|cnielsen)@pobox.com
"Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad." --rob pike
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