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+In `~/.ssh/config`, i have:
+
+	HashKnownHosts No
+
+But when `monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand` adds new hosts to
+`~/.ssh/known_hosts`, they appear to be added in a hashed form,
+instead of in the clear.
+
+fwiw: i'm using OpenSSH 5.1p1 on a debian lenny system (backported
+from sid)
+
+---
+
+I can confirm this too (I'm running openssh-client 1:4.7p1-12)
+
+-- Jamie (Jam Jam)
+
+---
+
+There is absolutely no attempt by any monkeysphere utility to parse
+any ssh or sshd config file.  This will probably need to be delt with
+down the line, but it's not a particular easy task at the moment.
+
+-- Big Jimmy.
+
+---
+
+I've [posted to the `openssh-unix-dev` list to see if there is a
+possibility of openssh making our lives easier
+here](http://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=121804767122918&w=2), but
+i haven't had much of a response yet.
+
+--dkg
+
+---
+
+For some reason this didn't get mentioned in this bug earlier, but
+there is a monkeysphere config variable about hashing known_hosts
+lines, which is set to true by default (to be in sync with the Debian
+openssh-client package).
+
+I think this bug is really more about the fact that monkeysphere does
+not parse the ssh config files for any directives relavent to what the
+monkeysphere is doing.  I'm changing the name of this bug to reflect
+what the real issue is.
+
+-- Big Jimmy.