From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 31 10:49:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mailgw00.execpc.com (mailgw00.execpc.com [169.207.1.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE7B537BC48; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 10:49:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Received: from woodstock.monkey.net (d154.as3.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net [169.207.95.92]) by mailgw00.execpc.com (8.9.1) id MAA27531; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:49:06 -0500 Received: from pobox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woodstock.monkey.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC191D; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:50:05 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/16/1999 To: Bill Fumerola Cc: Kris Kennaway , stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! OpenSSH FallBackToRsh default changed In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:27:53 EDT." <20000731112753.C5021@jade.chc-chimes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:50:05 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton Message-Id: <20000731175005.8AC191D@woodstock.monkey.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000731112753.C5021@jade.chc-chimes.com>, Bill Fumerola wrote: } When I type ssh I expect that when everything is said and done that I have } a secure channel to the machine. FallBackToRsh Specifies that if connecting via ssh fails due to a connection refused error (there is no sshd listen- ing on the remote host), rsh should automatically be used instead (after a suitable warning about the session being unencrypted). It does complain, but having said that: That feature is not really intended for users who type ``ssh'', it's meant for users who REPLACED RSH WITH SSH and who still need to interoperate with machines which don't have ssh running. The more I think about it, the more I feel that the change to the default is reasonable; enough time has probably passed since ssh came on the scene that such cases are probably in the minority by now. I guess I never really objected, but was rather pointing out who might be affected. Sorry for the needless traffic. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message