[olug] SSH question - username encrypted?

[Terry]

--- thehaas at binary.net wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:54:13AM -0700, Terry
> wrote:
> > I just ran a sniff and my username was no where to
> be
> > found.  As I undestand, the two machines exchange
> > public keys, which sets up the encrypted channel. 
> > After that, all communications are encrypted.
> 
> But what if you don't have a  public key?  I.e. You
> ssh into a box you
> just got an account on?

You are referring to RSA authentication, I think. 
Every machine (sshd instance) has a public host key. 
For me, it is installed in /etc/ssh

[user at host root]# ls /etc/ssh/ssh_host_*.pub
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub 
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub 
/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub


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Terry


	
		
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