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OpenSSH Now Supports SSH2

Posted by jamie on from the coolness dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "The OpenSSH project released version 2.1 earlier this month. It now supports the SSH2 protocol. SSH2 is regarded by many as a more secure protocol (but was for a long time only supported in a restricted license implementation)." Nice work, guys. I'm downloading the source, I'm buying a T-shirt, life is good.

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  1. Re:Before the cheering commences.. by x0dus · · Score: 4

    I had the same problem getting 'password incorrect' every time I tried to log in to my Slackware machine. After reading the FAQ, I found the solution. You have to link OpenSSH with libcrypt:

    LIBS=-lcrypt ./configure [options]

    Works perfectly for me now.

  2. Still a couple holes by Alan+Shutko · · Score: 4

    There are still a couple of holes in the support. Number one on my annoyance list is that the agent does not yet support DSA keys, so you have to type in a password whenever you connect to an ssh2 host. (Unless I've missed something somewhere.)

    Number two is that scp2 doesn't quite work, because it uses a proprietary protocol, although you can use scp1 over ssh2 fine.

    Otherwise, it works great. There's a tool to convert ssh2 keys into a form ossh understands, and I had no problem using it.