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Date:      Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:29:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net>
To:        Dan Langille <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ssh from windows
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9906281520590.16460-100000@phoenix.aye.net>
In-Reply-To: <19990624074719.OAVT688839.mta2-rme@wocker>

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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Dan Langille wrote:

> > The password you enter is the password for your account.
> 
> Granted.  I was worried they were transmitting the password in clear text.

Oh. The client encrypts it with the public key sent by the server - but
the server's private key isn't passphrase protected (it is, however,
readable only by root -- unless you change it).

-

Barrett

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