Re: [Sheflug] Linux Servers 101

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Newton <will [at] misconception.org.uk> writes:

    Will> On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
    >> There's little advantage to 2.* for personal use that I can
    >> see, and if you use it for anything except a very restricted
    >> set of uses you are liable for royalty payments, even in an
    >> educational setting.

    Will> My advice would be to use either SSH 1.2.x or
    Will> OpenSSH. Either of those will be more compatible with the
    Will> majority of systems. e.g. sourceforge

ssh 2.x provides backwards compatibility with 1.2.x (by invoking the
1.2.x binary IIRC).

The issue AFAIK is 100% license plus a little bit of added
functionality, more important from the point of view of commericial
licensees than personal ones.

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