On Tue, 1 May 2001, Sam wrote:
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> I don't have the .rhosts and hosts.equiv files .
>
> when I run "ssh -l sameer serverA "
> It gibves a error that the server A is not in known
> hosts add it or not ,yes then it asks for passwd
> and I get a prompt.
>
> What I want to know is that is this a secure
> connection or something is wrong .Won't it ask
> for passphrase
>
> How do I know it is secure .
Install a sniffer that listens to port 22.
You should get something similar to the following:
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192.168.1.2 => pop.myserver.com [22] 3-20-2001 07:50:09
SSH-2.0-PuTTY,Kb+"
sdiffie-hellman-group1-sha1ssh-dss"blowfish-cbc,blowfish-cbc,3des-cbc"
blowfish-cbc,blowfish-cbc,3des-cbchmac-sha1,hmac-md5,nonehmac-sha1,hmac-md5,
nonenone,zlib,nonenone,zlib,none!o`gkH<sV<NMnG.'Nji;I)H^u>_
;`KHS\DvgX`{EXjJWHjzn/>f&
3wpK:b5'vC^s,*^]c886p0gZD1E{_t;F
~$nq&;(&2*71PGs;:P{anaJF*:I"k5`$rgd6gruy)j68*1OIueGDEQW^x0nj%C\t:cI9z)KC<QVJEEH7hUac!Q0`3/'Mut/Hl10m
Ot.YhFhU_q
Y:r7"N0GC,vN#fnD>Fi>~a4RHQae-Y5ch6.v#=MoS,uc8uxLOF0ZiE{`ZyfpLj,ARIQ}&;X/[_Zpus=%S?7kG)xCpm/i^>qk"|
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