openssh unix dev - Sep 2002 - [Bug 393] New: 'known_hosts' file should be indexed by IP:PORT, not just IP

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393

           Summary: 'known_hosts' file should be indexed by IP:PORT, not
                    just IP
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: -current
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh
        AssignedTo: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: eric at addamark.com


The current logic for using the 'known_hosts' file is broken with
respect to
NAT.  The current logic assumes that there is a 1:1 relationship between an IP 
Address and a physical host.  This is not true.  The correct logic would be to 
associate each IP:PORT pair with a physical host.

The current logic breaks if the SSH server is behind a NAT device that does 
port mapping.  For example, 156.32.67.132:22 does not necessarily go to the 
same physical host as 156.32.67.132:1022.

The problem one sees as a result of this is that the
'StrictHostChecking'
and 'CheckHostIP' settings in ssh_config will cause 'ssh' to
fail when it
shouldn't.  We ran into this today when I mapped a second SSH server through
our firewall on a new port.



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