Explain what accepting ssh certificates mean
Submitted by Björn Lindqvist
Assigned to gvf..@..e.bugs
Link to original bug (#324286)
Description
When you first connect to a ssh server in Nautilus you get the following messages in a dialog:
"The identity of the remote computer (%s) is unknown." "This happens when you log in to a computer the first time.\n" "The identity sent by the remote computer is %s. If you want to be absolutely " "sure it is safe to continue, contact the system administrator."
These messages are unhelpful to me. Noone but someone knowledgeable about the SSH protocol can dechipher them. Maybe someone who knows why the dialog is shown and what happens when you click on "Log in anyway" can explain what it means. As it is, the dialog doesn't fulfill its purpouse which I think is to enable users to differentiate between spoofed SSH hosts and real ones?