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Re: login to gcc.gnu.org broken


Josef Zlomek wrote:
> 
> > I've just upgraded by home machine to a newer Linux version, and now CVS
> > wants to use ssh protocol version 2.  So I went to log in to gcc.gnu.org
> > to put a protocol 2 style public key entry for my home machine there, but
> > the log in fails - it executes the forced command /usr/local/bin/cvs
> > server even before it gets to the RSA challenge:
> 
> Only protocol version 1 can be used to login to gcc.gnu.org according to
> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/pdw/ps_form.cgi

That's not what I see there.  And AFAICT I've already used protocol
version 2 from my berlin account - but I like to use different public /
private key pairs for different sites.

> You can add the following lines to ~/.ssh/config to force ssh to use
> protocol version 1 for gcc.gnu.org:
> 
> Host gcc.gnu.org
> 	Protocol 1
> 	ForwardX11 no

Thanks, that works for me.  (For now.  Maybe we'll need to update key
pairs once a year or so to contain the risk of brute force attacks that
will become possible with new hardware? )


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