Re: ssh protocol version 1 and 2 allowed?

[Toni Mueller <openbsd-misc@oeko.net>]

Hello,

On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 12:13:21PM +0200, Hannah Schröter wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 02:18:30PM +0000, tedu wrote:
> >[...]
> >The real problems with v1 have been corrected, as in deattack.c.  The

so you say that using v1 is mostly safe (enough) now, not that much
better than using v2?

> >v2 only, so you aren't ever stuck in a situation where you only have a
> >v1 client available and can't login.

Hmmm. A few months ago I switched everything to a recent OpenSSH and
then everything to v2 only. Esp. when there were rumours that having
v1 enabled should make the server suspectible to attacks w/o MITM.

> However, I have the feeling that v2 is slower in the connection setup,
> especially over slow links like analog modem dialups.

With compression enabled, I take the hit on connection setup, but
the speed during regular usage afterwards is fine for me.


Best,
--Toni++