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2001 Nov 15
1
RhostsAuthentication?
Hi,
is anybody out there still using RhostsAuthentication? Can we please
remove it?
I just stumbled over a few sshd_config's set up by colleagues who didn't
bother to understand what they are doing, and since .shosts didn't work
anymore after upgrading to OpenSSH 3, they just enabled RhostsAuth and
voila, back to "working"...
Yes, there is a big warning in the
2002 Jul 03
2
--{enable/disable}-suid-ssh removed, rhosts auth gone when UID != 0
Hi,
According to ChangeLog someone "(bal)" removed -{enable/disable}-suid-ssh
from configure (dating from 2002/06/07). Don't know the reason, probably
this has something to do with PrivilegeSeparation.
Consequence is: Users with UID != 0 are no longer able to allocate
privileged ports, sshd answers "Rhosts Authentication disabled,
originating port will not be