SSH Claims Draw Open Source Ire

JDStone writes to tell us eWeek is reporting that claims of OpenSSH not being an 'enterprise-class product' by SSH Communications, the creators of SSH, is being met with a great deal of resistance. Theo de Raadt, of OpenBSD fame and a member of the OpenSSH development team was quoted saying "OpenSSH is built into all Unix and Linux vendor operating systems, and is also built into almost all larger managed network switches, from Cisco through Foundry. It comes on Linksys and D-Link wireless and security routers too."

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Enterprise - the key word of marketing BS

[sien]

Whenever you hear enterprise you can be assured someone in marketing is trying to BS you. It's really a keyword to denote that there is no good reason why something is better or bigger, merely that someone is trying to con you. It's almost as bad as synergy.

This appears to be no different. They are obviously trying to come up with a reason why you shouldn't compare the two products as theirs will fair so badly.

Re:Enterprise Product?

[CupBeEmpty]

I give you enormous credit for using the term "straw man." It is far and away my favorite rhetorical device and aptly used here. (For those that dont know: rhetorical use)

Re:Enterprise Product?

[strabo]

So we should all pay 10x the original price for openSSH and be done with the controversy!

Well, considering that 10 times nothin' is nothin'....

Re:I will probably be modded down for this but

[einhverfr]

So far it is the best way I've found of slamming x11 connections through ANYTHING.

As I said, for a lightweight VPN, it is great. But for anything really complex you are better off with a IPSEC tunnel, maybe with GRE running through it (if you need non-TCP/IP protocols).