This is kind of a newbie question, but I don't consider myself to be a total know-nothing anymore - I had that phase for the last few months!
Anyhoo, I've been trying to get my SSH daemon (OpenSSH I think) to work. To begin with it was simply refusing connections, but now when telnetted to my isp's remote terminal, I get this:
Code:
myusername@isphost myusername $ ssh my.host.name
The authenticity of host 'my.host.name (this.was.my.ip)' can't be established.
DSA key fingerprint is 06:1f:72:0a:d9:32:e3:ab:89:32:a6:dd:92:c3:51:26.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? no
Host key verification failed.
myusername@isphost myusername $
I'm sure it's a simple configuration problem, but unfortunately I don't really know where to start, other than probably somewhere in /etc...
(If anybody thinks exposing my 'DSA key fingerprint' like this is a security hazrard, please let me know and I'll censor it, too)
I know I could have typed 'yes' and connected, but I don't want to do that until I know it's going to be secure.
What do people think?