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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Carlo Strub <cs@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: OpenPAM/SSHD privacy hole (FreeBSD 9.2+ affected)
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Carlo Strub <cs@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Andrei <az@azsupport.com> writes:
>> I found that in the new FreeBSD 9.2 (probably in 10 also) updated
>> OpenPAM sources.  The big embarrassment was in pam_get_authtok.c. The
>> problem is that even without a valid SSH login it's possible to know
>> the server's hostname.
> I agree. That looks like an unnecessary privacy violation to me. What
> do you think des@?

No.  This is intentional, and I will not change it.  If you don't like
it, you can override the default prompt in your PAM policy; see the
pam_get_authtok() man page for details.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no