openssh bugs - Oct 2013 - [Bug 2166] New: sshd logs unnecessary messages if some of default host keys doesn't exist

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2166

            Bug ID: 2166
           Summary: sshd logs unnecessary messages if some of default host
                    keys doesn't exist
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 6.2p1
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: sshd
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: plautrba at redhat.com

Created attachment 2366
  --> https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=2366&action=edit
do not use absent host keys for default HostKey value

If the HostKey option is not set and an administrator hasn't created
all the default host keys, sshd tries to use all three default keys
every time a connection occurs, and logs a message that it couldn't
load the missing key. It wouldn't be probably necessary if sshd checked
for an existence of these keys during the servconf phase.

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Petr Lautrbach <plautrba at redhat.com> changed:

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   Attachment #2366|0                           |1
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--- Comment #1 from Petr Lautrbach <plautrba at redhat.com> ---
Created attachment 2367
  --> https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=2367&action=edit
do not use absent host keys for default HostKey value

and call fatal() when there's no suitable key

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Petr Lautrbach <plautrba at redhat.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #2 from Petr Lautrbach <plautrba at redhat.com> ---
It's probably not a good idea to change the default behaviour. It's
better to adjust the configuration file instead. I'm closing this bug.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
closing resolved bugs as of 8.6p1 release

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