Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 16:36:11 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeSSH Message-ID: <3805095B.FA25BBA5@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910121304420.89607-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <199910130258.MAA62519@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au> <199910131428.KAA11701@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> <<On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 12:28:04 +0930 (CST), Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> said:
>
> > If there is an appropriately licensed much more secure
> > version of this functionality available then it would seem a good idea
> > to have it in the base install too
>
> Between the US Commerce Department and the US Patent and Trademark
> Office, it would be very difficult to arrive at an ``appropriately
> licensed much more secure version''.
It is important to keep in mind that we would be EXPORTING the discs
and the source code. This is still a tough act to pull off; the
"easing of restrictions" didn't ease this restriction.
> > However, I'm guessing that a lot of
> > sysadmins install ssh as their first act on a new install. Maybe when
> > this reaches _most_ sysadmins it would be a candidate for the base
> > system?
>
> Most sysadmins install either bash or tcsh as their first act on a new
> install.
Followed by less, emacs, and xv. ;^)
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