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Re: OpenSSH uploaded replacing ssh, please test



On 3 Nov 1999, Philip Hands wrote:

>   It seems to get confused about the bit-length of some keys generated
>   with older versions of ssh.  Instead of thinking they are 1024 bits long,
>   it will treat them as though they are 1023 bits long.  This seems to be
>   harmless, but it does mean that you need to edit the line in your known
>   hosts file, replacing the 1024 with 1023.

Given a similar experiance with GPG+RSA I think this is due to the way gmp 
encodes numbers [drops leading 0s]. It should be fixable and sounds like a
serious problem.
 
> Other than that, it seems to be working well for me.

Does it have PAM?

Jason


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