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Date:      Fri, 05 Jul 2002 19:41:31 +0200
From:      Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Default ssh protocol in -STABLE [was: HEADS UP: FreeBSD-STABLE now has OpenSSH 3.4p1]
Message-ID:  <3D25DA4B.7060703@gmx.de>
References:  <20020705073634.GA64656@sunbay.com>	<20020705073634.GA64656@sunbay.com>	<5.1.0.14.0.20020705073043.01c52198@192.168.0.12> <xzphejepfd7.fsf_-_@flood.ping.uio.no>

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav schrieb:
> [moving from -stable to -security, bcc: to -stable and security-team]
> 
> Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> writes:
> 
>>As a lot has changed with OpenSSH in FreeBSD, perhaps now is a good
>>time to make the 2,1 the default instead ?
> 
> 
> I'd like that.  I think the only reason for the old default was not to
> surprise users who had the ssh1 RSA host key in their known_hosts but
> not the ssh2 DSA host key.
> 
> What do people think about this?  Keep 2,1 or revert to 1,2?


My opinion is: Go for the change, there will pass a long time until this 
opportunity will come again.

But then, I only have to support 100 clients. The people with really big 
crowds to support may think different.

Ciao
Siegbert


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