openssh and multiple ports

[Loomis, Rip]

John--
I agree that user at host:port would be more in line with
other non-ssh uses, but the colon is already magic to scp with
a different meaning.  If one wants to scp a file to a
remote system where ssh is running on an unusual port,
then there could be confusion:

scp filename username at host:port:/home/username

To my knowledge, that's why the user at host#port syntax
was used in that "other" ssh implementation.

Having said that, I don't see that the -p port option is
so onerous as to make it worth implementing the #port
method.

--
Rip Loomis
Senior Systems Security Engineer
SAIC Center for Information Security Technology 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hardin [mailto:johnh at aproposretail.com]
 
> > Also, how about supporting the "ssh user at host#port" number 
> syntax, instead
> > of requiring the -p option?
> 
> I'd suggest user at host:port to be more in line with established
> conventions, unless the colon is already being used for something
> else...
>