[plug] OpenSSH and security holes

Leon Brooks leonb at bounce.networx.net.au
Mon Dec 13 19:01:02 WST 1999


Christian wrote:
>> OpenSSH was split from standard SSH at the last free version, then all
>> patent-encumbered stuff stripped out. This would naturally include RSA.
>> It uses OpenSSL, not the BSD libraries, for SSL.

> Unfortunately it doesn't quite work like that.

Actually, it does. There's only one tree, which uses OpenSSL.

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