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Re: 20040630: potential LDM/pqact problem on OSF/1

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  • Subject: Re: 20040630: potential LDM/pqact problem on OSF/1
  • Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:30:58 -0600
David,

>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:18:36 -0700
>From: David Ovens <address@hidden>
>Organization: University of Washington
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20040630: 20040630: potential LDM/pqact problem on OSF/1
>Keywords: 200406241954.i5OJsCWb010248 LDM PIPE Perl

The above message contained the following:

> I realize this would probably be the most efficient method, however,
> Harry Edmon, our system administrator is not in today.  User 'ldm'
> does not have a password, so to login you would have to send me your
> ssh-keygen generated public key for me to put into the authorized_keys
> file.  I can do this, but it does not really sound like a good idea
> for you to send that through email.... If you really want to do this,
> give me a call 206 685-8108 and we can figure out a quick
> work-around....Otherwise, I'll proceed with verbose logging....

I know about public-key encryption.  Handing out my public-key is
safe for me.  You, however, need to be satisfied that my public-key
belongs to me and not to some man-in-the-middle.

My ssh(1) version-2 public-key is

ssh-dss 
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
 address@hidden

> > TWO machines.  That's rather odd.
> 
> Yes.  I don't like it, but I am not sure how to change that -- Harry
> set it up that way, and I'm not that experienced with the LDM to know
> how to change it.
...
> Actually, I sent you the stuff just prior and just after this, look in
> the middle and you'll see the 1554 stuff...

I see it.  Same problem.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson