[66656] in Cypherpunks
Re: ssh - How widely used?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Sep 27 12:13:54 1996
To: Chad Dougherty <chad@lycos.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Sep 1996 02:08:35 EDT."
<199609270608.CAA24129@rat.eng.lycos.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 11:52:03 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Chad Dougherty writes:
> > Despite all this, I use it, like it, and recomend it for use
> > in systems not likely to come under attack by professionals.
>
> Why do you say "not likely to come under attack by professionals"?
> Have you found security holes in it?
Security professionals do not recommend use of systems they feel less
than perfectly comfortable with whether or not they know of specific
holes.
Perry
PS sorry for posting something about a cryptographic security system
in the midst of all the normal talk -- I know its off topic.