[PATCH] Add scp -1 and -2 options to OpenSSH-3.0.2p1

Sturle Sunde sturle.sunde at usit.uio.no
Wed Jan 30 03:01:42 EST 2002


Markus Friedl <markus at openbsd.org> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:55:03AM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>> Previously Markus Friedl wrote:
>>> why do you need -1 and -2?
>> Users want it, and it's very useful in situations where you need
>> to specifiy the version due to existing keys, old servers, etc.
> hm, should there be an extra option for 0.0001% of all
> use cases.

It's usualy far more than that, since you have other authentication
options availiable for SSH-1.  And particularly for scp I like to use
SSH-1 on fast local networks, since its's secure enough for most
purposes, and much faster than SSH-2.

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Sturle
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