[kwlug-disc] Windows to support SSH?

[Chris Irwin]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:17 PM, B. S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> It wouldn't surprise me that the only reason ssh (ssl, actually?) is even
> possible within a proprietary provided environment is the not exactly 'GPL
> or die' licensing availability within ssl. At least as of the last time I
> looked at it.
>
> [I just took a quick peek at openssh.com, openssl.org, and wikipedia to
> try and get a sense of the licensing stuff ... then quietly shut the door
> and walked away. So I can't quickly give references here, but it does seem
> to me one doesn't have to entirely GPL their stuff to make use of the
> community code, but being able to do so required careful navigation.] No
> doubt MS didn't want to have to bury some "This is free and open source
> code you may download directly for yourself." notice somewhere.
>

That's assuming they use openssh instead of one of the numerous other
implementations (or write their own).

    * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_SSH_servers

Microsoft has their own implementation of SSL/TLS for example (schannel).

    * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_TLS_implementations

    * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Support_Provider_Interface

-- 
Chris Irwin
<chris at chrisirwin.ca>
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