[Info-vax] SSH from VMS to 3Par

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-10-11, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 10/11/2021 10:45 AM, pcoviello at gmail.com wrote:
>> On Monday, October 11, 2021 at 9:58:00 AM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>> pcov... at gmail.com <pcov... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Scott if I knew where to find it and was able to edit the sshd_conf file I =
>>>> would.
>>>
>>> It's in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. If you do a man on sshd, it will explain
>>> how the daemon works and how it is configured. If you do a man on sshd_config
>>> it will explain the configuration for different encryption algorithms although
>>> of course they need to be built into the binary for you to enable them.
>>> I am very surprised the 3par people have not suggested this.
>>>
>>> All of this stuff is configurable! You don't have to use the defaults although
>>> it's often wise to do so.
>>> --scott
>>> --
>>> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
>> thanks  though I don't recall having access to that level.
>>
>> HPE wanted no part of downgrading the ciphers or a work around for this.
>>

Given how important this hardware is, that's actually something I'm
inclined to give HPE the benefit of the doubt when they came to that
decision.

>
> Hmmm ...  I was of the opinion the customer was always right?
>

No. Sometimes the job of a vendor is to protect a customer from themselves
especially in a litigation crazy country like yours.

What would you expect the response from a chainsaw vendor to be if
the customer asked for an attachment that would allow them to operate
a chainsaw in a way that the vendor considered to be dangerous ?

> Then there is HPe, "give us your money, but don't expect anything for 
> it".  Perhaps the next time you're purchasing anything, want no part of HPe?
>

Companies are routinely forced to move away from insecure versions
of protocols. Giving HPE the benefit of the doubt, this may be no
different.

Simon.

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