On 11/28/05, Paul Pruett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > omg what a load of ****, > > to funny, any coporation stupid enough to fall for that story > by ssh to buy Tectia ssh and not use openssh deserves to be > taken for $$$$ plus the security issues they will get.
That's because there's a huge number of "cover my ass" type people at work in key positions. If they can't buy "support", they won't use it, at least officially. I had proposed making openssh a standard at a Fortune 100 company. The director of security turned it down for 1.5 years, because of "support". I was told to evaluate ssh. I asked them for a quote. They quoted me list price. I laughed in their face, and asked for a serious price. It still came to over a couple of million for an "enterprise solution". Told them if they wanted serious consideration, they had better not waste my time. Finally got a reasonable price by the director's standard ($100k). In the end, I managed to prevail and got openssh set as the standard, but had to find 3 "key" people to support ssh. Had to write documentation, which basically was something along the lines of: Old way telnet host Username: <enter username> Password: <enter password> New way ssh host Username: <enter username> Password: <enter password> Advanced features Some advanced users may wish to explore features such as the "-l" flag or even using keys. Read the man pages for more details. -Tai
