Re: Simple SSH and newkeys question



"JS" == Jeffrey Spoon <JeffreySpoon@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

JS> Hello, is the newkeys client command always part of an SSH key
JS> exchange, or does this only happen when new keys are being
JS> generated (i.e. the client explicitly changes/moves the keys
JS> etc.)?

It is neither. It is used by both side after the key exchange has
occured, in order to indicate that compression (if any) and cryptographic
protection of the data stream is about to start, using the symmetric keys
negotiated in the kex exchange.

--
Richard Silverman
res@xxxxxxxx

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