Re: SSH key parser

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Hi Andy,

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 16:24 +0400, Manu Abraham wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have been working with some T&M applications. Does anybody know of a
>> good SSH key parser that I need to use, for remote authentication in
>> such applications. Or does SSH sound like using a hammer against a fly
>> in such a circumstance ?
>
> Well, computer and communications security is more than just a good key
> parser.  It also involves protocols, procedures, audits, proper clocks,
> etc.  But I digress....
>
>
> I don't know what you mean by T&M, but maybe you might find dropbear SSH
> useful:


I meant Test & Measurement for some debugging applications, which
eventually would be Open Source and public. I was looking on the
security/authentication aspects of a remote applications and hence
SSH. Maybe it might be too big a hammer, but well, without trying, i
guess who knows ...


> http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
>
> I make no claims as to the secuirty "goodness" of Dropbear SSH; I only
> know that it exists.
>
> Be aware that getting enough entropy in the entropy pool to generate
> good host keys on an embedded platform with no mouse or keyboard can be
> a problem.  But you only have to do that once really, if you never
> rotate keys.
>
> And watch out for those Australian drop-bears, I hear they are deadly.
>
> Regards,
> Andy


Thanks. I appreciate your feedback very much. I will try it out soon.


Thanks,
Manu
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