SSH/OpenSSH

[KeithSmith]

Kevin Buettner wrote:
> 
> On Jun 6,  9:18am, KeithSmith wrote:
> 
> > > What kind of suggestions were you looking for?
> > >
> >
> > I think I was fishing.  I like the idea of getting
> > OpenSSH for free however is it better than SSH
> > that one has to pay for?
> 
> You can still get SSH1 for free (gratis).  SSH2 you have to pay for.
> The company marketing SSH2 has also made it difficult to find SSH1
> and the maintainance of SSH1 hasn't been very good.
> 
> > Which is better?
> 
> I don't know since I only have experience with SSH1.
> 
> I think OpenSSH is the way to go though since it is truly free (both
> as in beer and as in liberty).  Also, I've read that OpenSSH now
> supports protocol 2, so I see few reasons to prefer SSH2 over OpenSSH.
> 
> The only reasons that I can think of to prefer SSH2 over OpenSSH is if
> you want support that you have to pay for or if you want the secure
> ftp facility that comes with SSH2.  OTOH, you should know that scp
> (secure copy) has been around for much longer and has always worked
> well for me.
> 
> You may want to look at http://www.openssh.com/goals.html for more
> info.
> 
> Kevin


Thank you for all this information and your
input.  It will go to good use.

Keith


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