Re: ssh-hostkey enhancement

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:28:35AM +0200, Jacek Wielemborek wrote:
> 2013/9/19 Fyodor <fyodor () nmap org>:
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:17 PM, George Chatzisofroniou
> > <sophron () latthi com>wrote:
> > Hi George.  This is a neat feature but my initial thought is that if added
> > to trunk, it should probably be off by default.  Users who want it could
> > then set known-hosts.  Then again, if there are folks who would like to
> > have it on by default, now is a good time to speak up.
>
> Personally I like it and don't see why should it be off. It doesn't
> really break anything, does it?

I wouldn't want the feature on by default. I don't want Nmap reading a
bunch of my files.

I say, let the known-host-file argument be nil by default, and only if
it is set non-nil should the script look at the known_hosts file.

David Fifield
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