Re: Bug#192416: ITP: rsh-redone -- Reimplementation of remote shell tools.
On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 03:25:12AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote:
> If I had more spare time I'd make a modification to ssh such that if scp was
> run as rcp it would use all the usual scp mechanisms for passwords etc, and
> then just send MD5 signed data through in clear-text after the connection is
> established. Then when the data was transferred it would use the ssh
> encryption mechanisms to confirm that the data was received with the correct
> MD5.
I'm pretty sure this would require a protocol change, which very much limits
its usefulness. I agree that it would be nice to be able to opt out of
encryption for the post-authentication data stream.
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- mdz
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