Re: [Gnewsense-dev] GNU project preference?

[Karl Goetz]

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:42:59 +0100
Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 01:28:50PM +1030, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > lsh client
> > wanting me to manually authorise the server? wtf. just no.
> 
> Depending on what you mean by that, it could be a good thing.  OpenSSH
> makes it too easy for user to accept a server key without verifiing
> it, leading to a harmful false sense of security.

Could be yes. Could also be an unnecessary PITA, since I can see the
host its connecting to from my seat (And installed it 24 hours before
hand). This is a case where "Accept key foo? yes/no" is appropriate.
kk

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
No, I won't join your social networking group

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