Stop SSHD from reporting distro and version?!

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Subject: Stop SSHD from reporting distro and version?!
From: Kevin Krumwiede <kjkrum@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:36:53 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 20040217003653.3d54739e.kjkrum@comcast.net>

When I telnet to port 22 on my 3.0r2 server, I see this:

SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.4p1 Debian 1:3.4p1-1.woody.3

Isn't that considered sensitive information?  Why advertise it so
blatantly?  Can I turn this banner off?

Thanks,
Krum

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