With the change applied, I get a message like:
$ ssh jimbo
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
87:43:dd:3b:da:8f:bd:89:0b:c1:c1:e3:7a:8b:db:4d.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /home/smoser/.ssh/known_hosts.uec to get rid of this message.
Offending key in /home/smoser/.ssh/known_hosts.uec:1
remove with: ssh-keygen -f "/home/smoser/.ssh/known_hosts.uec" -R jimbo
RSA host key for jimbo has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
The proposed patch can be seen in the branch linked (lp:~smoser/ubuntu/natty/openssh/lp-686607).
With the change applied, I get a message like: @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@ 3b:da:8f: bd:89:0b: c1:c1:e3: 7a:8b:db: 4d. .ssh/known_ hosts.uec to get rid of this message. .ssh/known_ hosts.uec: 1 smoser/ .ssh/known_ hosts.uec" -R jimbo
$ ssh jimbo
@@@@@@@
@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
87:43:dd:
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /home/smoser/
Offending key in /home/smoser/
remove with: ssh-keygen -f "/home/
RSA host key for jimbo has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.