Configure re-keying in sftp server

[Damien Miller]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, Roger No-Spam wrote:

> 
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to configure the openssh sftp server to perform re-keying.
> On the client side I've found the RekeyLimit parameter. But I am
> unable to find an equivalent for the server side. Is it currently not
> possible to configure the sftp server to perform re-keying? Or have I
> overlooked something.

sshd will rekey automatically at bytes limits that are appropriate for
the underlying cipher. RekeyLimit on this client is really just there
so we can test the rekeying mechanism.

-d