Debian Bug report logs - #492447
ssh: (upstream) -o VisualHostKey suggestion

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Saku Ytti <ytti@mx.ytti.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: ssh: (upstream) -o VisualHostKey suggestion

Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:55:30 +0300

Package: ssh
Version: 1:5.1p1-1
Severity: wishlist


It might be interesting, if VisualHostKey would use more geometrically
connecting characters. Such as, say if we printed character -,
it could be followed to the right, by only \, /, -, ., ) etc. Anything
that would make it appear as consistent picture to human eye.
 Also I'd like to believe most terminals are capable of ANSI colours,
so that could add accuracy of the identification in very cheap
manner, but the colours would need to be also locked to the
neighbouring colours, so that it would produce consistent colour
theme, instead of random cacophony. Perhaps it could be -o
VisualHostKey=colour.

Thanks,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-xen-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ssh depends on:
ii  openssh-client                1:5.1p1-1  secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  openssh-server                1:5.1p1-1  secure shell server, an rshd repla

ssh recommends no packages.

ssh suggests no packages.

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Message #10 received at 492447@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>

To: Saku Ytti <ytti@mx.ytti.net>, 492447@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#492447: ssh: (upstream) -o VisualHostKey suggestion

Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:26:58 +0100

forwarded 492447 https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1493
thanks

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 10:55:30AM +0300, Saku Ytti wrote:
> It might be interesting, if VisualHostKey would use more geometrically
> connecting characters. Such as, say if we printed character -,
> it could be followed to the right, by only \, /, -, ., ) etc. Anything
> that would make it appear as consistent picture to human eye.
>  Also I'd like to believe most terminals are capable of ANSI colours,
> so that could add accuracy of the identification in very cheap
> manner, but the colours would need to be also locked to the
> neighbouring colours, so that it would produce consistent colour
> theme, instead of random cacophony. Perhaps it could be -o
> VisualHostKey=colour.

Thanks for your report. I've forwarded it as
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1493; perhaps you could
subscribe there and follow up to upstream comments as appropriate.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@debian.org]

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