Re: [TCLUG:16456] X on a Remote Server

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:
> 
> No, PuTTY doesn't support ssh2.  Here is what the wishlist
> says:
> 
> SSH 2 support. The licencing on SSH2 means that I don't tend
> to know people who run SSH2 servers, so it would be difficult
> for me to give it proper testing.  Someone else is welcome to
> do it for me, though.
> 
> What you really want to do is run an ssh1 server on your
> Linux box.  Not ssh2.  After you get sshd (version 1) going,
> then it is just a simple login to the machine.
> 
> Nick Reinking
> 

Why are people running ssh2? What are the main advantages over ssh1? I
really haven't investigated ssh2 so I pretty much clueless. But I do
know what the licensing of ssh2 SUCKS. ssh1 works just fine for me.

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Clay Fandre
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