Re: Problems w/ SSH2 on Debian + W2K Putty client

From: Richard E. Silverman (res_at_qoxp.net)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: 26 Feb 2004 17:52:02 -0500

>>>>> "LW" == Laurent wiz <laurent75@netcourrier.com> writes:

    LW> As for tcp wrappers support, if I don't want to recompile it,
    LW> can't I just run SSH2 form inetd ? I'm aware of the performance
    LW> hit as sshd2 has to do some quite heavy crypto computing when
    LW> loading up

Only if you're using protocol 1.

    LW> but if only root has to log through SSH (well, su-ing to root once
    LW> logged, actually), the performance hit is not that terrible.

Which account is being accessed has nothing to do with it; sshd generates
the "server key" when it starts if it is supporting protocol 1.

    LW> there any other no-no, besides that, about running sshd2 from
    LW> inetd ?

Nothing that jumps to mind. 

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  Richard Silverman
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