Re: SSH Fingerprint

From: "Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)" <4ux6as402@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:54:14 +0100

And there is a reason for the madness: To prevent man in the middle attacks. Once you've accepted the key, if it ever changes (on a "normal" system) that could very well indicate a man-in-the-middle attack.

Peter
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