[CentOS] suppressing openssh server identification

Sun Jan 8 10:44:00 UTC 2012
Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen at iki.fi>

2012/1/6 Craig White <craig.white at ttiltd.com>:
> With all of the discussions regarding getting p3wned, I am feeling paranoid and can't seem to figure out how to suppress this...
>
> telnet $SOME_CENTOS_5_SERVER 22
> Trying $SOME_IP_ADDRESS...
> Connected to $SOME_CENTOS_5_SERVER.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3
>
> 'Banner no' doesn't do it. Is it possible to suppress the version?

NO.

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Eero