On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 at 07:55, Chris Rapier <rapier@xxxxxxx> wrote: >[...]I had been using > Blake2b512 for the hashing algorithm but I want to put in a path to use > xxhash instead. Maintaining backward compatibility means I need to know > something about the remote. In the case of sftp at least, that sounds like a function of the sftp-server not sshd, in which case could you advertise the capability as an sftp extension? (look for the SSH2_FXP_VERSION handling) -- Darren Tucker (dtucker at dtucker.net) GPG key 11EAA6FA / A86E 3E07 5B19 5880 E860 37F4 9357 ECEF 11EA A6FA Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgement. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev