OpenSSH protocol 1.6 proposal

[Robert Watson]

On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, David Rankin wrote:

> Speaking completely without facts, I am personally skeptical about
> enhancing the 1.x protocol when all of the standards processes are
> focused on getting 2.0 out the door. That said, I am willing to be
> convinced on the matter.

I agree entirely.  I'd love to see a free, BSD-licensed, SSH 2.x
implementation out there.  The continuing emphasis on improving the
non-standard, albeit widely deployed, SSH 1.x protocol seems to be a less
useful allocation of resources.  While a free version of 1.x is extremely
useful, it's not the end-all. :-)  If you can get people to upgrade to
modified 1.x with backwards compatibility, wouldn't you be better served
getting them to upgrade to 2.x with backwards compatibility? :-) 

  Robert N M Watson 

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