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		midasuni on March 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome’s address bar will use https:// by default Which is why ssh is meaningless compared with telnet?

tptacek on March 24, 2021 [–]

Obviously, SSH authenticates. But on that first connection, when it prints the "you've never seen this key before" warning? You get that you're not getting any real security on that connection, right?

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