full-disclosure - Re: RE : Putty Proxy login/password discolsure....(Answer from PUTTY Staff)

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:54:54 +0100
From: Simon Tatham <anakin@...ox.com>
To: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@...ech.edu>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: RE : Putty Proxy
	login/password	discolsure....(Answer from PUTTY Staff)

Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@...ech.edu> wrote:

> Could use the same passphrase for the proxy password and SSH keys?

Only works if you _are_ entering a passphrase for the SSH key; if
you're using password authentication, a passphraseless key, the SSH
agent, or connecting to a server which doesn't ask for SSH-level
authentication at all, you're back to square one. This isn't a
general solution.

Cheers,
Simon
-- 
for k in [pow(x,37,0x13AC59F3ECAC3127065A9) for x in [0x195A0BCE1C2F0310B43C,
0x73A0CE584254AB23D5A0, 0x12878657EA814421CC92, 0x7373445BB3DA69996F4A,
0x77A7ED5BC3AA700E80B2, 0xE9C71C94ED87ADCF7367, 0xFE920395F414C1A5DB50]]:
 print "".join([chr(32+3*((k>>x)&1))for x in range(79)]) # <anakin@...ox.com>

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