Re: Post-user-auth compression as an extension? (Re: Feedback on draft-ssh-ext-info-00)

nisse@lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller ) Tue, 15 December 2015 08:53 UTC

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To: denis bider <ietf-ssh3@denisbider.com>
Cc: Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au>, Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>, Markus Friedl <mfriedl@gmail.com>, ietf-ssh@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Post-user-auth compression as an extension? (Re: Feedback on draft-ssh-ext-info-00)
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:53:19 +0100
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denis bider <ietf-ssh3@denisbider.com> writes:

> How about defining an extension for negotiation of post-user-auth compression?

Maybe. But to make progress, I'd recommend focusing in getting the
extension mechanism landed first.

About the race, Simon (referred to in Matt's reply) describes the proper
solution: Define a "NEWCOMPRESS" message, sent in each direction, just
prior to the first compressed message.

> [1] Simon's comment http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.secsh/6108/focus=6110

Regards,
/Niels

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