Because ssh 2.0 is not backward compatible and I already have a user
base of over 3000 to deal with.
Alex
Tomas Fasth wrote:
> >If someone were going to implement a GPL
> >version of SSH, I would forget the SSH 2.0 spec and just
> >work on SSH 1.5.
>
> Why is that?
>
> There is an IETF working group formed (secsh). It's charter says: "The goal
> of the working group is to update and standardize the popular SSH protocol".
> There are 4 internet drafts available, and I cannot find any statements in
> any of those documents about limited freedom of implementation.
> Besides, IETF would really not form a working group if it wouldn't be
> possible to do a GPL or open source implementation of the produced
> specifications.
>
> Maybe you are confusing the secsh internet drafts with licencing statements
> bundled with the ssh2 reference implementation available from SSH
> Communications Security Ltd.
>
> Tomas Fasth
