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Re: telnet vs ssh on Core equipment , looking for reasons why ?
- From: Scott Francis
- Date: Tue Jul 31 18:32:20 2001
On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 11:48:55AM -0400, alex@yuriev.com exclaimed:
> *Yawn*
>
> warning: Executing /opt/bin/ssh1 for ssh1 compatibility.
> Host key not found from the list of known hosts.
> !! If host key is new or changed, ssh1 protocol is vulnerable to an
> !! attack known as false-split, which makes it relativily easy to
> !! hijack the connection without the attack being detected. It is
> !! highly advisable to turn StrictHostKeyChecking to "yes" and
> !! manually copy host keys to known_hosts.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
>
>
> It does not matter what kind of security system you have if you dont bother
> to actually engage it.
Amen to that.
> Alex
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