Re: Crypto and UI issues

2005-12-17 Thread Ben Laurie
James A. Donald wrote: > -- > From: Ben Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>if the key changes in OpenSSH you can't connect until >>you take positive action by deleting the old key from >>the known_hosts file. This is totally different to >>accepting a new key. >> >>I will agree

Re: crypto for the average programmer

2005-12-17 Thread Jack Lloyd
On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 05:41:48PM +, Ben Laurie wrote: > No, OpenSSL is self-contained. There is, IIRC, an engine that uses GMP > if you want, but its entirely optional; OpenSSL has its own bignum > implementation that's just as good. Last I checked, public key operations in OpenSSL were sig

Re: Crypto and UI issues

2005-12-17 Thread Damien Miller
David Mercer wrote: > And my appologies to Ben Laurie and friends, but why after all these > years is the UI interaction in ssh almost exactly the same when > accepting a key for the first time as overriding using a different one > when it changed on the other end, whether from mitm or just a > ke