Re: moving to IPv6

["Gary E. Miller" <gem () rellim com>]

Yo Jeremy!

On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Jeremy Porter wrote:

> If you have a payload that is encrypted and signed, there is fundementally
> no reason for the application to know anything other than a magic cookie
> return address.

SSH keeps track, forever, of the remote IP address/key pair to prevent
man-in-the-middle and trojan horse attacks.  The authors mention in their 
material that it is an important defense.

Check out http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh for further info.

RGDS
GARY
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gary E. Miller Rellim 2680 Bayshore Pkwy, #202 Mountain View, CA 94043-1009
        gem () rellim com  Tel:+1(650)964-1186 Fax:+1(650)964-1176