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diff --git a/website/bugs/hostkeyalias-confuses-monkeysphere.mdwn b/website/bugs/hostkeyalias-confuses-monkeysphere.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 4f7df66..0000000 --- a/website/bugs/hostkeyalias-confuses-monkeysphere.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -Consider the following snippet in `~/.ssh/config`: - - Host foo - HostKeyAlias bar - -for a host which is *not* participating in the monkeysphere. - -For such a host, when using `monkeysphere-ssh-proxy-command`, the -public keyservers will be queried on each attempted ssh connection -(even after a successful connection). - -This appears to be because: - -* `ssh` itself will write a line to `~/.ssh/known_hosts`, but it will - be labeled with `bar` because of the `HostKeyAlias`. - -* `monkeysphere` won't be able to find any mention of it in the - keyring (it's not in the monkeysphere) - -* `monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand` won't be able to find it in the - `known_hosts` file because it looks for `foo`, which is never - matched. - -excessive keyserver querying is bad behavior, because it causes delays -for the users, and puts excessive load on the public keyserver -infrastructure. - -How can we resolve this? |