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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: moving to IPv6
Yo Jeremy! On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Jeremy Porter wrote: > If you have a payload that is encrypted and signed, there is fundementally > no reason for the application to know anything other than a magic cookie > return address. SSH keeps track, forever, of the remote IP address/key pair to prevent man-in-the-middle and trojan horse attacks. The authors mention in their material that it is an important defense. Check out http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh for further info. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 2680 Bayshore Pkwy, #202 Mountain View, CA 94043-1009 [email protected] Tel:+1(650)964-1186 Fax:+1(650)964-1176
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