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Date:      Wed, 13 Oct 1999 10:28:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeSSH
Message-ID:  <199910131428.KAA11701@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199910130258.MAA62519@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910121304420.89607-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <199910130258.MAA62519@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au>

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<<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''.

> 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.

-GAWollman

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