[66654] in Cypherpunks
Re: ssh - How widely used?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Corbet)
Fri Sep 27 11:15:18 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:43:42 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 09:01:30 -0600
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@stout.atd.ucar.edu>
> Does anyone know if there are MS-Dos or Mac versions of the ssh client?
> How much is ssh used?
Ssh is good stuff -- we use it here. Things I like:
- It's an easy, drop-in replacement for the r* commands. It's
easy to get people to use it.
- It creates that much more encrypted traffic on the net. That
can only be a good thing, eh?
- There are a few different authentication modes, which makes life
easy. Host keys can be used for fixed machines; per-user keys
can sit on the laptop and work no matter whose network you've
plugged into today.
When my local ISP found a password sniffer running on his machine and went
into red alert, I just smiled and didn't bother to change my passwords on
hosts I had logged into via the ISP's net.
Good stuff.
jon
Jonathan Corbet
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Technology Division
corbet@stout.atd.ucar.edu http://www.atd.ucar.edu/rdp/jmc.html
