An annoying little thing. When connecting via SSH to another machine for the first time SSH always prompts;

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The authenticity of host 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is ..............
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
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Typing "yes' each time can be pain in the butt. There is a way to change that behavior but, some believe it exposes you to a Man-in-the-middle attack.You've been advised!

I've changed settings in most of my /etc/ssh/ssh_config files to stop the machine from begging for a "yes" response, to just automatically adding the new host to the known_hosts file. I did that by changing the parameter value of StrictHostKeyChecking to "no" and restarting the SSH service.

Note: This does not stop SSH from checking that the host exists in the known_hosts file. It simply adds new hosts to the file without prompting.

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