Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc [netbsd-1-5]
To: Duncan McEwan <duncan@MCS.VUW.AC.NZ>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 02/26/2001 17:49:37
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 02:27:53PM +1300, Duncan McEwan wrote:

 > > Pull up revisions 1.2,1.4-1.5 (requested by itojun):
 > >   Update SSH to version found on trunk as of 26 Feb 2001.
 > >   ...
 > >   Ssh no longer setuid root.
 > 
 > But as far as I can tell (see my PR 12040) this breaks RSA/rhosts
 > functionality, since the client will not be able to read its private host
 > key.  Whether this was a deliberate decision, or an accidental side effect,
 > I don't know.  Or am I missing something...?

...and also breaks plain rhosts (because you can't allocate a
"priveliged" port).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>