i'll try to look into the client side of the code with the HPN mod and
see how the client requests it from the NoneEnabled/NoneSwitch sshd daemon.
http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/hpnreadme.php
might take me a while as i am not familiar at all with the mechanics of
ssh/ssl (an why i found libssh2 way simpler to use than the other
libraries in the first place)
Peter Stuge wrote:
> Hi again.
>
> Sorry, I misunderstood a little.
>
>
> Michel Valin wrote:
>> As i understand it, the "none" cipher turns encryption off from the
>> get go.
>
> Well, yes. It's a cipher algorithm which results in no encryption.
>
>
>> The question remains, how to switch from strong cipher at
>> authentication time to no cipher for data transfer.
>
> Yeah. You want to switch cipher in an established session, before
> opening any channels. libssh2 has no API for this, but go ahead and
> suggest something. If it's clean and you send a patch then I don't
> see why it wouldn't be included.
>
>
> //Peter
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