Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 16:23:54 -0400 From: Mipam <mipam@ibb.net> To: Alex Popa <razor@ldc.ro> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenSSH accepts any RSA key from host 127.0.0.1, even on non-default ports Message-ID: <20010501162354.A282@bootp-20-219.bootp.virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010501231616.A40227@ldc.ro>; from razor@ldc.ro on Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:16:16PM %2B0300 References: <20010501231616.A40227@ldc.ro>
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On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:16:16PM +0300, Alex Popa wrote: > The reason why this bothers me is that I sometimes use ssh to tunnel ssh > connections (blowfish encryption in a 3DES tunnel, anyone?) Some ppl think that using encryption to encrypt allrdy encrypted data is dubble secure. This is in general certainly not true. Instead, sometimes it becomes only easier to crack it. So i wouldnt advice to use ssh in a ssh tunnel to aviod possible problems like that. Bye, Mipam. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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