Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 13:17:07 -0700 From: John Martinez <john@mtbiker.net> To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hiding OS name Message-ID: <3D2C9643.4090205@mtbiker.net> References: <006601c22627$a9199000$21020a0a@mti.itb.ac.id> <3D294723.7022CD07@pantherdragon.org> <001201c22689$6049a790$140115ac@BCDOMAIN01.COM> <20020708111122.A33379@nexusxi.com> <20020710175836.GF1118@hades.hell.gr>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-07-08 11:11 +0000, Dalin S. Owen wrote: > >>Oh, one more thing, go in to the source for sshd and rip the "FreeBSD" >>from the bannertext and maybe lie about what version of OpenSSH you have. > > > That's not a good idea. Some of the parts of that banner line are > used AFAIK by the SSH client to determine what features the server > supports and what the protocol of the rest of the conversation is :/ You're correct. Try doing an 'ssh -v' next time you use ssh. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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