From 8d121970218e18021ff35c1e2d1d9ac1eab3aa70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: okiwoki Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 11:41:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Adding information on SSHv1 (#33883) --- guide/english/ssh/index.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/guide/english/ssh/index.md b/guide/english/ssh/index.md index a6668bd231..eb7a9350e2 100644 --- a/guide/english/ssh/index.md +++ b/guide/english/ssh/index.md @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ While SSH has 'Secure' in its name, its prevalence makes it an attractive target As with most network services SSH has a standard network port, 22; however, as SSH is an attractive target for those wishing to do harm, it is often moved to an arbitrary port as a very simple security measure. +It's important to note that SSHv1 is insecure, and allows for traffic to be decrypted using man-in-the-middle attacks. + Finally, it's worth mentioning that SSH is far from tolerant of network instability and there are options out there which can either improve this or replace SSH outright. ### How to Use SSH