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sun4 8.2.9: ssh

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M Bornstein)
Fri Aug 28 19:23:32 1998

To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:23:29 EDT
From: Aaron M Bornstein <aaronmb@MIT.EDU>

System name:		w20-575-56.mit.edu
Type and version:	SPARC/4 8.2.9
Display type:		tcx

What were you trying to do?
	Use SSH in a secure manner :-)	

What's wrong:
	The installed copy of SSH here is version 1.2.23.  This has
a *published* security vulnerability which can allow attackers to hijack
connections of SSH users.  Upgrade to version 1.2.26 or 2.0.8, perhaps both
(using ssh2 as the name of the v2 binary.  Reading docs on 
ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh should clear up any questions regarding the difference
between the two)

What should have happened:
	...

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
	ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh

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