Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 07:59:23 -0700 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/crypto/openssh sshd_config Message-ID: <20000524075921.A53829@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200005241446.KAA60257@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu on Wed, May 24, 2000 at 10:46:14AM -0400 References: <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> <20000524090528.ECF641CE1@overcee.netplex.com.au> <20000524022840.C79861@freebsd.org> <200005241446.KAA60257@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 10:46:14AM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Wed, 24 May 2000 02:28:42 -0700, "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.org> said: > > > common denominator of expectations. Everybody excpects that login > > will check mail. > > So why wasn't this change ``UseLogin Yes''? > > If ever `login' grows more important security functionality, our > successors won't thank us for making so many programs bypass it. Maybe. I am not sure, additional testing required here. I.e. suspicious areas are: it may interfere with ssh's embedded skey or kerberos, it may pass password through network, and so on... -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> http://nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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