Re: [rootshell] Security Bulletin #25

["C. Harald Koch" <chk () utcc utoronto ca>]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.05.9811011244040.23543-100000 () kit rootshell com>, Kit Knox writes:

> Option 2: If possible, upgrade to version 2.0.x of SSH.  This version supports
>         a newer, more capable version of the SSH protocol and offers
>         additional features.

Interesting.

SSH 2.0 has a more restrictive software license than 1.2.26. The paranoid
among us would wonder whether this was a deliberate attempt to convince
people to upgrade to 2.0, incidentally forcing many of them to pay for
the new license.

Nah; nobody would exploit FUD to make a buck, would they?

<grin>

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C. Harald Koch     <chk () utcc utoronto ca>

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