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Date:      Sat, 1 Mar 2014 00:42:15 +0100
From:      Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
To:        Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ssh-copy-id
Message-ID:  <20140228234214.GA23514@stack.nl>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=SBno64BpmxcvddQFpnAePFHKZ%2B1kp1a%2BAY5F6-xQsMA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 06:08:10PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On 28 February 2014 17:15, Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org> wrote:
> ....

> > In my opinion, if I'm using an ssh utility and I specify "-i" flag it
> > should be the private key.

> Hey all,

> Sorry about the confusion ssh-copy-id has caused you.

> Does the following patch help ?

In addition to that, it may be useful to add an explicit check against
sending private keys. Even though printf(1) fails, the receiving server
still gets the private key and a malicious root user might steal it.

For example, any key starting with '-' is inappropriate.

-- 
Jilles Tjoelker



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