[ale] SSH configuraiton

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	yeah, if like Chris said, the only impersistence is from the fs 
based on ram, he should be able to do customize an init script to save the 
known_hosts file off the ram-based fs upon shutdown, and copy it back to 
where it was upon boot.

 On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, James P. Kinney III wrote:

#Is it possible to populate that ram disk with a valid known_hosts file?
#That would really be a better way to work this than to turn off
#authentication.
#
#
#On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:26, cfowler wrote:
#> But my impersistence is du to the fact that ~/.ssh/known_hosts sits in
#> ram and not on disk.
#> 
#> 
#> On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:19, James P. Kinney III wrote:
#> > The persistence is due to the remote host IP address changing. Classic
#> > case: remote host using dynamic DNS listing gets new IP address from
#> > ISP. Next ssh connection grips about authenticity as the host key is
#> > good but it is keyed to the IP address.
#> > 
#> > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 11:24, Jerry Z. Yu wrote:
#> > > 	if you really really don't care about host authenticity, you can 
#> > > set 'StrictHostKeyChecking' to 'no', so ssh can automatically add new 
#> > > host keys to the user known hosts files.
#> > > 	 $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts should be persistent. Not sure why/what 
#> > > you are referring to on its impersistence?
#> > > 
#> > > 
#> > > On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Jason Day wrote:
#> > > 
#> > > #On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:53:48AM -0500, cfowler wrote:
#> > > #> I want to configure ssh_config so that the users do not get the
#> > > #> following message.  I do not care about authenticity of hosts.  I
#jst
#> > > #> want encryption.  The ~/.ssh/known_hosts file is not persistent
#across
#> > > #> reboots so this message could become a little bit of a pain
#> > > #
#> > > #I don't think it can be done without a code change, since that would
#> > > #defeat most of the point.  You might be able to work around it,
#though.
#> > > #You say that ~/.ssh/known_hosts is not persistent, but could you make
#a
#> > > #persistent known_hosts file?  If so, you could set the
#> > > #StrictHostKeyChecking options to "yes" and the UserKnownHostsFile
#option
#> > > #to a persistent known_hosts file, which you would have to maintain.
#If
#> > > #the server keys ever change, though, you will have to update the
#> > > #known_hosts file, or your users won't be able to connect.
#> > > #
#> > > #Jason
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Jerry Z. Yu				+1-404-487-8544 (O)
systems engineer			z.yu at voicecom.com
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