ssh encryption strength

[T. Tam]

I'm no security expert, but I think SSH 1.27 uses 3DES, 56bit keylength.
I remember someone telling me once that that's rougly equivlaent to 128
bit DES (I don't know why it's not equivalent to 3x56bit...).  So, it is
fairly secure.

Now, the question is, what are you forwarding thru ssh?  Are you
forwarding the port that X runs on, or are you just forwarding the magic
cookies for authentication?

-=- Terence

On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, J. Kyllo wrote:

> I was just using the X11 forwarding of SSH and started to think about
> something.  I know the connection is encrypted, but how long is the key
> that's used, i.e. although the cypher might be good, the key should be
> long too.  Something to ponder, anyway.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff K.
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