In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenSSH GSS-API-key-exchange, Alexander...:
Currently OpenSSH in OpenIndiana supports GSSAPIKeyExchange option
and enables it by default
(support for authenticating server via GSSAPI - alternative to
distributing server ssh keys) -
http://www.sxw.org.uk/computing/patches/openssh.html .
This is a separate patch (but widespread one - it is supported by Debian and
RedHat).
The issue is that if DNS is misconfigured on client side, it can lead to long
delays
while connecting to ssh server.
The question is - who does really use this option on OI? Can we just drop this
patch
(or at least disable it by default) without significant impact on user
systems?
We have a full Kerberos infrastructure where I work and we've experimented
with using GSS for host key exchange, but we're not currently using it in
production.
I guess my preference would be to continue to have the patch included,
but default to
GSSAPIKeyExchange no
in the sshd config.
Tim
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