Open Source Security Podcast

By Josh Bressers & Kurt Seifried

Should OpenSSH block misbehaving clients?

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Published June 16, 2024 7:00pm

Josh and Kurt talk about a new proposal from OpenSSH to add a timeout to penalize clients misbehaving. But this then brings up the typical security conversation of "if it's not perfect we shouldn't do it". Trying new things is a good thing, even if something fails, we learn a lesson that we can use in the future. Show Notes OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior Hacker News comments

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