On Thu Sep 25, 2003 at 04:51:58PM -0400, Albert Whale wrote:

> I am running a System Scan on Several machines.  The interesting ones to 
> me are Linux Mandrake 8.2 and 9.1.
> 
> The issue here is that the Scanning Tools (here I am using Nessus), 
> expect a specific reply in order to accept or reject the applications 
> which are communicating on the Server.
> 
> Even though the Mandrake OpenSSH software is upgraded to the latest 
> version (openssh-server-3.6.1p2-1.1.82mdk) available for the package 
> (from Mandrake), this still does not reflect the package version 
> supportted for openssh (here being 3.7.1 and above).
> 
> So how do we simplify this Version Numbering and conform with the 
> Expected results?

If you come up with a good idea, let me know.

Changing the version number of openssh to 3.7.1p2 (when it's in fact
3.6.1p2) isn't a good idea.

I also take the results given from scanners like nessus with a grain of
salt... there's only so much a version number can tell you.

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