Bug#492447: ssh: (upstream) -o VisualHostKey suggestion

[Saku Ytti <ytti@mx.ytti.net>]

Package: ssh
Version: 1:5.1p1-1
Severity: wishlist


It might be interesting, if VisualHostKey would use more geometrically
connecting characters. Such as, say if we printed character -,
it could be followed to the right, by only \, /, -, ., ) etc. Anything
that would make it appear as consistent picture to human eye.
 Also I'd like to believe most terminals are capable of ANSI colours,
so that could add accuracy of the identification in very cheap
manner, but the colours would need to be also locked to the
neighbouring colours, so that it would produce consistent colour
theme, instead of random cacophony. Perhaps it could be -o
VisualHostKey=colour.

Thanks,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ssh depends on:
ii  openssh-client                1:5.1p1-1  secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  openssh-server                1:5.1p1-1  secure shell server, an rshd repla

ssh recommends no packages.

ssh suggests no packages.

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