[olug] Another SSH Configuration Question

[Brian Roberson]

Don't let Mathew Marsh ( Nebraska cert chief scientist ) find you in a dark
alley - he is passionately against everything you just said :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Linder" <dan at linder.org>
To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Cc: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [olug] Another SSH Configuration Question


> Brandon Lederer said:
> > Recently, gentoo sent me an update to my SSH config.     One of the
> > changes it
> > wanted to make was to only allow SSH Protocol 2, instead of 1 &
> > 2..............
> >
> > What are the ramifications of this?
> >
> > Just want to make sure I wont break anything.
>
> See my e-mail from just a minute ago.  V1 is older and more widely
> supported, but if you are the only one getting onto the machine, then V2
> is the way to go whenever possible.
>
> If I remember correctly (IIRC), the V1 protocol had some security issues
> which made it easier to break into.  V2 corrected these and added some
> extra security features (added AES encryption and some enhanced port
> forwarding if I remember correctly).
>
> Dan
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