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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
	[ ... ]
> I have some optimism that the OpenSSH project will track cross-platform
> issues (maybe not "supreme confidence", but "optimism").  If freebsd is
> going to fork so soon, is it also going to track cross-platform issues?
> My guess is "they won't be a priority".

I would like for the OpenSSH developers to feel their work to support
FreeBSD is appreciated and needed. I don't *ever* like hearing "Oh, we
don't have to support that platform, they do things *their* way." because
everyone loses those optimizations. 8{( I also have AIX/NT/Linux machines
to interconnect, so I want a good common tool. That aside, I *like* the
change.

I'm also of the mind to watch the OpenSSH folks for a bit. Strong, open
cross-platform security is a very laudable and worthwhile goal and I see
what looks like a good start with wide support inclusive of FreeBSD.
Having never had contact with him, I can make no Theo-rhetorical comments
either. 8{) I've worked on teams with personality disorders and have seen
too many sides to given conversations to speculate.

My two bits, one paragraph each - Jy@



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