I've been using Secure Shell (SSH) for decades. With this remote login tool, I can rest assured my remote machines accept logins securely and efficiently. At the same time, I also understand nothing ...

Way back when, on this very corner, I did a series of articles on encryption and hiding your tracks, something I called the High Tech How Not to be Seen. In that series, I talked about the dangers of ...

Researchers at the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have unearthed discovered a critical security flaw in OpenSSH's server (sshd) in glibc-based Linux systems. They have named this vulnerability ...

It's story time here in the Paranoid Penguin. Don't worry—the story is a preface to the nuts-and-bolts sort of stuff you've come to expect in LJ. In fact, there are so many nuts and bolts to play with ...

Believe it or not, Microsoft is working on supporting OpenSSH. Yes, Microsoft is getting ready to support one of the mainstays of BSD, Linux, and Unix system administration. Angel Calvo, Microsoft's ...

Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack campaign that exploits custom and open-source tools to target Linux-based systems and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. According to a new ...

Topic ===== remote root exploit in ssh daemon Problem Description ===== There are two related vulnerabilities in the challenge response handling code in OpenSSH versions 2.3.1p1 through 3.3. They may ...