[Bug 3696] ssh client does not respect the "-oMACs" flag

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https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3696

Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
Yes, this is a natural consequence of how AEAD ciphers (AES GCM or
Chacha/poly) are negotiated. They don't use a separate MAC so
negotiation of this parameter is ignored.

See:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-miller-sshm-aes-gcm/
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sshm-chacha20-poly1305/

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