[wellylug] suppressing sshd connect string

Ian Sterling xyverz at gmail.com
Fri Sep 10 07:38:11 NZST 2004


> Yes, so for those without Internet access:
> 
> "If I see one more note about turning off the SSH version string, I am
> going to scream.
> 
> IT IS NECCESSARY." -- Theo de Raadt

Yeah, because Theo says it, it's gotta be the rule.  I'll believe that
one... sure...

Yeah, this is the same guy who says "No root holes in blah-blah years"
in one breath and, "Your box got rooted?  Your fault" in the next... 
OpenBSD is only secure by practice, not by design.

I could rant further, but I won't.  Both trains of thought are correct.




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