Deleting from .ssh/known_hosts

Sat Jan 27 15:52:52 UTC 2007

On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 04:15:40PM -0800, User Iam wrote:
> Just checked mine...
>  
> It is in clear text.. IP first....
>  
> Yours is diferent??

Yep; as of a recent version of the ssh client, new hosts go
in hashed; this helps prevent an attacker from then hacking
all the machines listed in known_hosts.

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Stephen R. Laniel
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