> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:36:13 -0500 (EST)
> "Dennis Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Sorry for the confusing subject line but this is really just about OpenSSH
>> as implemented in Solaris ( and various derivitives ) and any issues that
>> may exist between the OpenSSH team and the Solaris world.
>
> [snip]
>
>> So the short answer here is that I don't know what the Sun implementation
>> of
>> SSH is really but it seems to be NOT what we see at the source site. So
>> that
>> really is the only reason why I tend to run the packages built on
>> reference
>> servers that I trust and with source code drawn directly from the well.
>>
>> Am I wrong to think this way ?
>
> No. At least not in my opinion. From what you've described we can
> essentially conclude that "if it doesn't say OpenSSH, then you don't
> know what's inside".
Well, the source is open and a diff of the portable OpenSSH with the SunSSH
bits would be most interesting to drag out into the light. In this way we
could look at what, if any, differences exist.
> That, in and of itself, would be plenty enough for
> me to favor your package build over what Sun bundles.
Well not so for me. Not quite good enough. I feel like inserting an
automotive metaphor here but it is too early in the morning and I'm tired of
using cars to explain computers.
If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck and looks like a duck.
Then that Sir is what I call a duck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_test
but it is different .. isn't it.
Dennis
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