[Info-vax] SSH problem after upgrade on remote system

[Dirk Munk]

helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) wrote:
> In article <mkp1e6$ue8$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>
>>> Is it possible to enable something on the remote node?
>>
>> Yes, you can weaken the security on the remote box by re-enabling the
>> ciphers which were disabled in the upgrade.
>>
>> This was covered in comp.os.vms a few days ago.
>
> Thanks; I had skipped that thread since I didn't think it relevant.
>
> Presumably the better solution would be to have better ciphers on VMS.
> Is that a possibility?
>
In principle yes, but that would mean that HP has to patch SSH (for 
Alpha I assume). Doesn't seem very likely.