Re: Incorrect protocol implementation by OpenSSH?

H.K. Kingston-Smith <HKK-S@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am not sure I entirely agree with that. If the client specifies
want-reply = 0 and the server does not support "exec", how can the client
know the reason behind the deadlock?

It can't.

It would seem that an "exec" (or "shell") request with want-reply
set to 0 sent to a server that does not support such a capability will
necessarily lead to a deadlock. Is this right in general?

I think so, yes. But you cannot deduce from that that the _server_
should do something different in that situation: it's the _client's_
fault for setting want_reply=0, and so the client should have done
something different. It isn't the server's job to exceed the
protocol specification in order to compensate for a broken client;
it's the client's job not to be broken in the first place.
--
Simon Tatham "infinite loop _see_ loop, infinite"
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