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Re: ssh an obsolete package?



> On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 01:38:00PM -0500, Charles Lewis wrote:
> > deselect shows:
> > 
> >     ------- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section non-US
> >     ------- *** Opt non-US   libssl09     0.9.4-5     <none> *** Opt
> >     non-US   ssh          1.2.3-3     <none>
> > 
> > Is ssh imbedded in another package or what? Surely it's not truly
> > obsolete!
> 
> Debian's `official' ssh package is now OpenSSH, a DSFG compliant
> re-implementation of the commercial version.  The original non-free
> ssh (I think its license had restrictions on commercial use) has been
> renamed to ssh-nonfree, with OpenSSH assuming the `ssh' name.
> 
> It's intended to be a "drop-in" replacement for the original, and for
> the most part (from what I've heard) seems to fit the bill.

Besides, new OpenSSH 2.0 comes with support for SSH protocols 1.3, 1.5,
and 2.0!!!

Check out:

http://www.openssh.COM
                   ^^^ 

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