> is there a security issue on CentOS 5.3 with openssh 4.3? If this is a real zero-day exploit.. then yes, there is an issue. The following link may be the best source of information at the moment: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6742 FWIW, I think the second comment about RHEL/Centos in the referenced post is a little off-base. After all, you have to know that a bug exists before you can fix it. -geoff --------------------------------- Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Germany http://www.galitz.org/ http://german-way.com/blog/