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Unlike many other services, OpenSSH cannot be configured to hide its version information without recompiling from source code. What is the primary reason for this disclosure of version information?

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Question

Unlike many other services, OpenSSH cannot be configured to hide its version information without recompiling from source code. What is the primary reason for this disclosure of version information?

Options

  • AThere are many inconsistent SSH client and server versions. This information is used to
  • BThe information is used for surveys of SSH servers on the internet by the OpenSSH
  • CBeing a security centric application, the OpenSSH developers do not rely on security
  • DIt is used by network auditing tools to report on when versions of ssh require security

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    77% (33)
  • B
    12% (5)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    5% (2)

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#OpenSSH#version disclosure#protocol compatibility#security by obscurity

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