On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 12:42:29PM -0700, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote:
> Because until very recently (if you look at the CVS files, the work was
> started last month), some of the people working on the OpenBSD project
> said that SECSH (ssh2) was too complicated, and didn't offer enough
> benefits over ssh1 to make the work worth it.
A first OpenSSH focused on fixing the SSH1 implementation.
> Which of course ignores the fact that the ssh1 protocol is
> patent-encumbered for a few more months, which is why I'm following the
> LSH project.
The RSA patent problem applies:
only in the US
only for commercial use
only until September 20th, 2000.
> Besides, competition is good. I need a stable non-rsa ssh work-alike, and
> I'll use whichever I think is more stable for my purposes.
Please mail me about problems related to OpenSSH's stability.
-markus
