[Bug 51169] Re: Error in ssh:// protocol handler.

EvanCarroll melazyboy at gmail.com
Wed Jun 28 06:02:38 UTC 2006


** Description changed:

  In the event you get files by using an ssh://username@computer URI, you
- will find that if the ssh key changes on the remote machine, rather than
- giving the user the typcical console caveat about the man-in-the-middle
- attack, it fails, claiming:
+ will find that if the servers rsa key changes on the remote machine,
+ rather than giving the user the typical console caveat about the man-in-
+ the-middle attack, it fails, claiming:
  
+ The rsa key easily change, as in the event of a live cd lab, in which
+ they are constantly in flux.
  
  --START DIALOG BOX
  Nautilus cannot display
  "ssh://[uri location]"
  
  Please select another viewer and try again.
  --END DIALOG BOX
  
  A remedy is of coarse to delete the coresponding ~/.ssh/known_hosts
  file, but the dialog box should be more informative of the error at
  hand.
  
  The typical console caveat is include for reference:
  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
  @    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
  @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
  Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
  It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
  The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
  ff:bd:00:27:27:db:f8:4a:6d:2f:cf:25:ef:15:07:df.
  Please contact your system administrator.
  Add correct host key in /home/ecarroll/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
  Offending key in /home/ecarroll/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  RSA host key for 192.168.0.105 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
  Host key verification failed.

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Error in ssh:// protocol handler.
https://launchpad.net/bugs/51169




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