RedHat forks OpenSSH?

[Theo de Raadt]

> Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Damien is right.
> > 
> > Noone at Red Hat has responded.  Very few users have responded too.
> > 
> > Our opinions as to how to deal with this are starting to calcify.
> > 
> > Perhaps that is for the better.
> 
> All due respect to you, Theo, but one thing perplexes me:
> 
> What practical difference in terms of support would it make that Red Hat 
> has omitted a cipher? Is it really likely to change the nature of the 
> problems people have? I guess if someone complains that they can't 
> figure out why acss isn't working, sure, but otherwise...?
> 
> I'm also curious why it's important to have this code in the 
> distribution. What practical use does it serve? Shouldn't we just stick 
> with blowfish et al anyway?
> 
> I find Red Hat to be a pretty competent company, and I'm a fairly heavy 
> user.

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Then you talk to them.  You just lost some people's support.