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Re: Some questions about "SSH Transport Layer Encryption Modes"



On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 04:38:50PM +1000, Damien Miller wrote:
> Peter Gutmann wrote:
> >Derek Fawcus <dfawcus%cisco.com@localhost> writes:
> >
> >>Well,  I'd have to rescan my mailbox to see who's implementation that was.
> >>But as I recall,  he claimed it was done for security reasons...
> >
> >Probably me then, my code never reveals anything that isn't absolutely
> >necessary.
> 
> An immediate disconnection reveals about as much as an 'unimplemented'
> reply.

Yeah, but the former is a lot more annoying...



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