Also, tab-completion won't work, top won't work, control characters won't work, vim won't work, etc etc...
-HKS On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just off the top of my head (I have to check the SSH protocol yet): Why not > encipher all accumulated keystrokes up to the <Enter> key as a block send > them instead of sending each keystroke as it is typed? This shrouds the > typist's characteristics. > In addition, if the cipher is a block cipher, padding is added to make the > number of bits a multiple of the block size. Mandatory padding with a nonce > may help to shroud the number of keystrokes. > The drawback is that the padding part could mean that we are no longer > compatible with the SSH protocol.
