OpenSSH protocol 1.6 proposal

[Niels Provos]

In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000103022509.7881A-100000 at fledge.watson.org>, Robert
 Watson writes:
>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
Actually,  Markus' modifications for the 1.6 protocol contain elements that
may be reused in a SSH 2.x implementation.  I would not call it a waste
of time at all.  The diff is rather small,  more a necessary cleanup.

Greetings,
 Niels.