X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/blobdiff_plain/acb796a268236409eaf814ac22e329a008632c3a..717c214c024c09a3e0da43105a9f494b6dcbd44b:/doc/gs.but diff --git a/doc/gs.but b/doc/gs.but index baf981f4..9a2dffbc 100644 --- a/doc/gs.but +++ b/doc/gs.but @@ -45,7 +45,17 @@ If you are not using the SSH If you are using SSH to connect to a server for the first time, you will probably see a message looking something like this: -\# FIXME: copy the real message from the host key dialog +\c The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You +\c have no guarantee that the server is the computer you +\c think it is. +\c The server's key fingerprint is: +\c ssh-rsa 1024 7b:e5:6f:a7:f4:f9:81:62:5c:e3:1f:bf:8b:57:6c:5a +\c If you trust this host, hit Yes to add the key to +\c PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting. +\c If you want to carry on connecting just once, without +\c adding the key to the cache, hit No. +\c If you do not trust this host, hit Cancel to abandon the +\c connection. This is a feature of the SSH protocol. It is designed to protect you against a network attack known as \e{spoofing}: secretly redirecting