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| reverting. among other the suggestion is no longer true for the latest release 5.7 (martin) | typo (martin) | ||
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| ===== [[security_breach]] Warning - Potential security breach! ===== | ===== [[security_breach]] Warning - Potential security breach! ===== | ||
| - | This message, followed by "The server's host key does not match the one WinSCP has is cache", means that WinSCP has connected to the SSH server before, knows what its host key should be, but has found a different one. | + | This message, followed by "The server's host key does not match the one WinSCP has in cache", means that WinSCP has connected to the SSH server before, knows what its host key should be, but has found a different one. |
| This may mean that a malicious attacker has replaced your server with a different one, or has redirected your network connection to their own machine. On the other hand, it may simply mean that the administrator of your server has accidentally changed the key while upgrading the SSH software; this shouldn't happen but it is unfortunately possible. | This may mean that a malicious attacker has replaced your server with a different one, or has redirected your network connection to their own machine. On the other hand, it may simply mean that the administrator of your server has accidentally changed the key while upgrading the SSH software; this shouldn't happen but it is unfortunately possible. | ||