I don't want to start a flamewar here, but I am concerned about the future
of the SSH protocol now that it is no longer free for commercial use. We
were discussing upgrading to 2.x, but I'm not sure I want to because
freeware products like MindTerm may not support 2.x. Also, if SSH had
remained free, then an X product like XVision would probably eventually
support SSH authentication. Right now we have nasty workarounds like X
forwarding thru F-Secure for NT.
Will PKI from IBM replace SSH or is there a movement in the OSS community to
code an SSH 2 server? I have no problems spending the $ for v2.0 servers,
but I am worried about the unhealthy effect this ($ for commercial) may have
on 3rd party application development.
What are your thoughts?
Charles Leeds
