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Re:SSH has no Host header by unsnap_biceps on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @03:18AM (#47422553)
It does, and there's typically a maximum number of attempts (MaxAuthTries defaults to 6 IIRC) before the server just rejects the connection attempt.
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Re:SSH has no Host header by 84634E1A607A on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:20AM (#47423054)
Yep, but this is server-side setting. Were I a sniffer, I would set this to 10000 and now I can correlate keys.
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