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Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:50:05 -0500
From:      Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP! OpenSSH FallBackToRsh default changed 
Message-ID:  <20000731175005.8AC191D@woodstock.monkey.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:27:53 EDT." <20000731112753.C5021@jade.chc-chimes.com> 

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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



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