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Tramp disables important SSH security features

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Message #45 received at 18967-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18967-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>,
 Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: bug#18967: Tramp disables important SSH security features
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:44:23 +0100

Version: 26.1

> I have some plans for a while to obsolete tramp-gw.el. When I wrote it
> back in 2007, it was the only possibility to have an own implementation
> of HTTP CONNECT tunneling.
>
> Meanwhile, putty supports HTTP CONNECT natively. And with ssh, one could
> use a ProxyCommand based on "nc -X connect ...". No need for Tramp to
> implement it itself anymore.
>
> This would perform much better than my implementation in
> tramp-gw.el. And this bug would disappear automatically.
>
> So let's keep this bug as reminder. And I will see, whether I could
> document these settings in the Tramp manual. There are some free days
> next two weeks, isn't it the Xmas break?

Done, closing the bug.

Best regards, Michael.

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