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Re: Security warning: Where should I look for?



Dne po 23. února 2004 01:38 Antonio Rodriguez napsal(a):
> I just received a strong warning:
>
> tony@hpd:~$ scp p173* root@remote.ip.here:/pathto/
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
> Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
> It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
> The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
> 24:40:94:e0:81:b9:af:62:dd:70:84:47:10:d1:c3:c0.
> Please contact your system administrator.
> Add correct host key in /home/tony/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this
> message. Offending key in /home/tony/.ssh/known_hosts:2
> RSA host key for local.ip.here has changed and you have requested strict
> checking. Host key verification failed.
> lost connection
> tony@hpd:~$
>
> Thanks to all.

Also if remote server gets reinstalled and lazy admin doesn't use backuped RSA 
keys, new ones is generated and every poor ssh user gets this message ;o(

Mixi



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