Re: SSH question -- strange thing happening.

yarmfelder_at_yahoo.com
Date: 06/13/05 

Date: 13 Jun 2005 05:38:53 -0700

I assumed that sshd was created a new public key for
itself, then broadcasted it, and that my client did the same
and then they were able to communicate. That's the way
that I was told modern encryption works i.e. based on
public keys. In that scenario the IPs shouldn't matter.

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