[sslh] ssh protocol and server-starting

[Yves Rutschle]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 11:37:04AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Does anything in the SSH RFCs actually require the client to wait for
> the server to start sending first once the socket is connected?

No. That's not (anymore) how sslh does the triage though.
 
> dbclient from dropbear doesn't seem to, so sslh sends it to SSL which
> then fails. I'm patching it, but it will make dropbear slightly
> larger, so I anticipate resistance.  I looked at the RFCs but couldn't
> actually see why it could be called a bug for sure.

What version of sslh are you talking about? "Bold" client
(that speak first) weren't supported before sslh 1.8.

Y.