Re: Documentation addendum

On Sun, 11 May 2003, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:

> On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 16:19, Marc Kasten wrote:
> 
> > Another possible helpful documentation thread:
> > 
> > If you have problems connecting to SSH in a quick amount of time, change the 
> > file /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.  Change the "Protocol 2,1" to only be 
> > "Protocol 1".  This will significantly increase the speed at which one can 
> > connect via ssh.
> 
> While this is true, putting in the proper optimized openssl libraries
> really do make all the difference. When adding this to the
> documentation, make sure to emphasize that you should switch to v1 only
> AFTER making sure that you're running the optimized v8 openssl libraries
> (if applicable).

More importantly, though, also emphasize in the documentation the security 
vulnerabilitys to which SSH v1 is subject, so people know why they should 
just put up with the slowness and stick to v2....

later,
chris