Re: openssh 3.9p1 hangs on hp-ux 11.0

From: Asya (lisansa_at_smarts.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:48:42 -0500

Darren,

Thank you very much for all your help.

Asya

Darren Tucker wrote:
> In article <1L2pd.2$My2.1@fe09.lga>, Asya <lisansa@smarts.com> wrote:
>
>>Thank you for your response. It did actually fix the problem.
>>In a sense of security....will it mess anything up? will it make openssh
>>less secure? Should i try installing prngd instead?
>
>
> It probably won't make any difference on HP-UX.
>
> The re-exec is there for platforms that do exec-time randomization of
> things like library offsets and ProPolice canaries. On those platforms
> it results in increased security, but AFAIK HP-UX doesn't do anything
> like that so it should make no difference.
>