Re: Terrapin

Peter Gutmann <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:11:54 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.secsh
Message-ID <SY4PR01MB6251359C981E824C13BD665BEE9EA@SY4PR01MB6251.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com>
Mouse <[email protected]> writes:=0A=0A>(a) As I understand it, Op=
enSSH's "strict kex" is, currently, using an=0A>@openssh.com name.  Such ex=
periments are what @fqdn extension names are _for_.=0A=0ARight, but because=
 of OpenSSH's dominance in the market, their experiments end=0Aup being de =
facto MUST's for everyone else.  This is what happened with EtM-=0AOpenSSH,=
 it got set as the only permitted mode by OpenSSH and/or some major=0Adistr=
os and then everyone had to implement it whether they wanted to or not=0Abe=
cause without it they couldn't interoperate with a pile of servers.=0A=0APe=
ter.