Folks, Is there a better list for this - perhaps freebsd-security ?
I originally posted to -hackers because it *appears* that reverting "rsa, then dsa" to "dsa, then rsa" was a simple change to myproposal.h, but since that doesn't work, and since I haven't gotten any replies here ... Thoughts ? --- On Thu, 5/17/12, Jason Hellenthal <jhellent...@dataix.net> wrote: > > > > I have some old 6.x FreeBSD systems that need > their > > > OpenSSH upgraded. > > > > > > > > Everything goes just fine, but when I am > done, existing > > > clients are now presented with this message: > > > > > > > > > > > > WARNING: DSA key found for host hostname > > > > in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:12 > > > > DSA key fingerprint > 4c:29:4b:6e:b8:6b:fa:49....... > > > > > > > > The authenticity of host 'hostname > (10.1.2.3)' can't be > > > established > > > > but keys of different type are already known > for this > > > host. > > > > RSA key fingerprint is > a3:22:3d:cf:f2:46:09:f2...... > > > > Are you sure you want to continue connecting > (yes/no) > > > > > > > > > > You must be using different keys for your server > than the > > > one that has > > > been generated before the upgrade. Just copy your > keys over > > > to the new > > > location and restart the server daemon and you > should be > > > fine. > > > > > > copy /etc/ssh/* -> /usr/local/etc/ssh/ > > > > > > You didn't read that error message. > > Sorry I misread that. Decieving message... > > > > > That is not the standard "key mismatch" error that you > assumed it was. Look at it again - it is saying that > we do have a key for this server of type DSA, but the client > is receiving one of type RSA, etc. > > > > The keys are the same - they have not changed at all - > they are just being presented to clients in the reverse > order, which is confusing them and breaking automated, > key-based login. > > > > I need to take current ssh server behavior (rsa, then > dss) and change it back to the old order (dss, then rsa). > > Have you attempted to change that order via sshd_config and > placing the > DSA directive before the RSA one ? > > > -- > > - (2^(N-1)) > _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
