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Re: disable HPN in sshd for the -10 branch?



On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 05:30:36PM -0700, John Nemeth wrote:
> On May 3, 13:00, Greg Troxel wrote:
> } mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) writes:
> } 
> } > Part of the HPN patches is to optionally strip encryption (and now even
> } > integrity checks) for the data transfer. Doesn't fit into what
> } > the OpenSSH people want, not even as an option.
> } 
> } I would say that doesn't really fit with what we want either, certainly
> } without somebody really trying.  It breaks the rule that using ssh can
> } count on confidentiality and integrity and makes systems with ssh as  a
> } component harder to reason about.
> 
>      I would say it is something that should be available as an
> option (likely a command line option).

Historically, it was enabled via `-c none` before OpenSSH took it out.



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