Deleting from .ssh/known_hosts

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Saturday 27 January 2007 13:52:52 Stephen R Laniel wrote:
 
> 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.


It also prevents bash_completion from completing hostnames for common 
supported apps (including ssh, host and ping). 

No surprise here, though. We always have to choose between security/privacy 
and confort.

regards
FF