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If by "prompted" you mean:

@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now!

Then, yes, users will be prompted in the scariest possible language.

Compare this with HTTPS/browsers, which care not a lick if a certificate/fingerprint is different, provided that the certificate is valid and the chain is trusted.




Which --coincidentally-- is exactly the problem with it.




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