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Re: known_hosts are encrypted ?



On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 23:10 +0530, Bhasker C V wrote:
>  I figured this out 
>  There is /etc/ssh/ssh_config which has an option HashKnownHosts
>  if 
>  HashKnownHosts yes
>  then the hostnames are not in plain text in the known_hosts file of the
> user. So, bash_completion is not able to get the hostnames.

If you want to know more about the reason behind this, you should read
this article, "SSH as a worm vector"[0]. This was also discussed[1] on
debian-devel when HashKnownHosts was set as default, you might find some
tips about making use of it there,

0. http://lwn.net/Articles/135506/
1. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/07/msg00023.html

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Sven Arvidsson
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