From owner-freebsd-security Wed Aug 23 21: 6:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A1F37B42C; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA14597; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Mike Silbersack Cc: Wes Peters , Christian Jacken , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which version of FreeBSD to choose / secure shell / OpenBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > > > Christian Jacken wrote: > > > > > Which secure shell could I run on this server without infringing any US > > > patents/copyright laws? > > > > OpenSSH. > > > > Isn't OpenSSH still non-free for commercial use in the US until the RSA > patent expires? No, only if you use the SSH1 protocol, which relies on RSA keys. DSA keys work fine in SSH2 and have no patent baggage. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message