openssh and SSLv2 ciphers

Smith, Steven G (Steven) smithsg at avaya.com
Fri Feb 27 06:44:34 EST 2009


Hey Ben,

Thanks for the reply.  Just to clarify, you are saying that almost all
of the SSH ciphers come from Openssl.  Is that right?

Thanks,
Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Lindstrom [mailto:mouring at eviladmin.org]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:28 PM
> Cc: Smith, Steven G (Steven); openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> Subject: Re: openssh and SSLv2 ciphers
> 
> Ermm.. OpenSSL..  <sigh> That is what I get for writing a quick email.
> 
> - Ben
> 
> On Feb 26, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Ben Lindstrom wrote:
> 
> > Nearly all of them should come from OpenSSH.  The only potential
> > exceptions I'm aware of is rijndael (AES).
> >
> > - Ben
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Smith, Steven G (Steven) wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the reply, Peter.  I don't think that is quite the
> >> information I am looking for.  Those manual pages do list the
> >> supported
> >> ciphers for "SSH" protocol version 2, but they do not indicate
where
> >> the
> >> ciphers come from (i.e. are they ciphers from openssl, or are the
> >> ciphers provided by openssh).
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> Smith, Steven G (Steven) wrote:
> >>> I am trying to confirm that openssh transmissions do not use any
> >>> kind of SSLv2 ciphers.
> >>
> >> Please see the Ciphers keyword in ssh_config(5) and sshd_config(5).
> >>
> >>
> >> //Peter
> >>
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