Subject: Re: setuid ssh
To: None <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: Atsushi Onoe <onoe@sm.sony.co.jp>
List: tech-security
Date: 10/18/2000 22:26:21
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:26:21 +0900 (JST)
From: Atsushi Onoe <onoe@sm.sony.co.jp>
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To: sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us
Cc: atatat@atatdot.net, cjs@cynic.net,
        hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de, tech-security@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: setuid ssh 
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> .rhosts and .rhosts/rsa must die.

I think .rhosts/rsa configuration may still be suitable for some
enviroment; e.g. remote backup from cron.  Perhaps you want to set
IgnoreUserKnownHosts.

I'm afraid that disabling all authentication other than user's RSA
causes proliferation of ssh-agent, which looks more halmful than
rhosts/rsa authentication.

Atsushi Onoe