Plaintext Recovery Attack Against SSH

The OpenSSH team has been made aware of an attack against the SSH protocol version 2 by researchers at the University of London. Unfortunately, due to the report lacking any detailed technical description of the attack and CPNI's unwillingness to share necessary information, we are unable to properly assess its impact. Have you heard about the latest reported attack on the SSH protocol version 2? Do you think the SSH team made the right decision in not doing an emergency release? If you are interested in ways to prevent this attack, please read on...