Re: Generic challenge-repsonse aunetication in ssh2

[Ivan Popov]

On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Tero Kivinen wrote:

> How? The server doesn't know how to speak Finnish. My client does know
> that. If we use the built-in messages without embedded strings then
> the client can print out dialogs in Finnish, but if the server sends
> me a message saying that "Change your password", my client doesn't
> know what the server is asking, and cannot translate it to "Vaihda
> salasanasi". 

Following that reasoning there will be no separate "interactive" protocol.
All messages have to be binary and be predefined in the protocol.
Is would be a bit hard to modify or extend - you must go through protocol
redefinition procedure...

Regards,
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Ivan Popov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Systemman, Driftavdelningen, Matematiska institutionen, Chalmers TH