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 > -- > Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited > The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ > NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ > The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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