Subject: Re: switching cipher to none after authentification when data needs no encryption

Re: switching cipher to none after authentification when data needs no encryption

From: Peter Stuge <peter_at_stuge.se>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:04:55 +0200

Michel Valin wrote:
> i'll try to look into the client side of the code with the HPN mod and
> see how the client requests it from the NoneEnabled/NoneSwitch sshd
> daemon.

My guess is that either client or server sends SSH_MSG_NEWKEYS once
authentication is completed.

> might take me a while as i am not familiar at all with the mechanics
> of ssh/ssl

Note that SSL/TLS is vastly different from SSH. To learn about SSH,
check out RFC 4250-4254. It's not so bad.

//Peter
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Received on 2010-08-20