On 0, Atro Tossavainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Subba Rao wrote:
> >
> >> I am using Open SSH on my system. Is there anyway to prevent the
> >> SSHD from revealing the process name or version number?
> >
> > Yes, edit the file /etc/issue, and /etc/issue.net and put
>
> Would Subba have meant this originally?
>
> $ telnet (host) 22
> Trying a.b.c.d...
> Connected to host.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> SSH-1.99-2.0.13 (non-commercial)
>
> This, of course, cannot be prevented; the client needs this information.
>
Thanks Atro. You guessed what I meant. I wanted to hide the service name from
port scanners and audit tools. Although the port number indicates the service, we
should be able to hide the version number etc. In SSH, I did not know that the client
needed this information.
Thanks again.
Subba Rao
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