Re: OpenSSH Packages No Longer Suggest openssh-blacklist
On 2014-04-10 23:30 +0200, Alex Robbins wrote:
> I have been using Debian Testing (Jessie) and tried to upgrade today, and
> aptitude tried to remove openssh-blacklist and openssh-blacklist-extra
> as they
> were no longer used. Upon further inspection, in...
>
> Debian Wheezy:
> openssh-client and openssh-server recommend openssh-blacklist and
> openssh-blacklist-extra
>
> Debian Jessie Recently (according to the packages on my system before
> the upgrade):
> openssh-client and openssh-server suggest openssh-blacklist and
> openssh-blacklist-extra
>
> Debian Jessie Currently:
> Neither openssh-client nor openssh-server depend on openssh-blacklist or
> openssh-blacklist-extra in any way
>
> I do not quite know which programs use the blacklist, but what is the
> reason for
> this change? Shouldn't the client, the server, or both at least suggest
> openssh-blacklist? I couldn't find anything about this in the changelogs.
It's this particular change:
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| openssh (1:6.5p1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
| [...]
| * Drop ssh-vulnkey and the associated ssh/ssh-add/sshd integration code,
| leaving only basic configuration file compatibility, since it has been
| nearly six years since the original vulnerability and this code is not
| likely to be of much value any more (closes: #481853, #570651). See
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/09/msg00240.html for my full
| reasoning.
| [...]
| -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:58:26 +0000
`----
The removal of ssh-vulnkey means that the blacklist isn't used anymore.
Cheers,
Sven
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