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[Andrew Bartlett]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 01:22:44PM +0200, Mark Semmler wrote:
> 
> Hello programmers, hello maintainers!
> 

> The patch introduces the new parameter "WelcomeFile" to the
> configuration file. Only if this parameter points to a valid file,
> openssh reads a welcome message up to 128 characters out of it and
> displays it at the identfication exchange, e.g.:

> If you - dear maintainers - think this is worth to complete it, please
> let me know. I'll will write then some docu and/or change some things as
> you think it's best.

Is this dumb ideas week on openssh-unix-dev or am I just reading it for once?

This has been discused to death, and is a *really* bad idea for interoperability, 
and adds no secruity advantage.  

Andrew Bartlett