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OpenSSH Going Strong After 10 Years With Release of v5.3

An anonymous reader writes "OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0 implementation and includes sftp client and server support. It encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides secure tunneling capabilities and several authentication methods, and supports all SSH protocol versions. Version 5.3 marks the 10th anniversary of the OpenSSH project."

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  1. Happy birth-day OpenSSH by La+Gris · · Score: 2, Funny

    This wonder-full versatile tool shaped the world of remote administration or the other way round.

    Would you ?

    1) Abandon SSH or OpenSSH
    2) Loose an arm
    3) I'm a snake
    4) Telnet everywhere
    5) I live in a data-center

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    1. Re:Happy birth-day OpenSSH by CSMatt · · Score: 2, Funny

      3) I'm a snake
      5) I live in a data-center

      Huh?

    2. Re:Happy birth-day OpenSSH by dragonturtle69 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think something was lost in the translation in that post, French to English.

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    3. Re:Happy birth-day OpenSSH by holloway · · Score: 4, Funny

      3) I'm a snake

      Huh?

      Step 4 ????
      Step 5 Badger badger badger badger badger

  2. i dont need ssh by digitalsushi · · Score: 4, Funny

    i dont need ssh... for some reason inetd was installed with a call to bash, running as root. i can just telnet right in. it actually saves me a ton of time, since lately i can't even seem to remember what my password is.

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    1. Re:i dont need ssh by dazjorz · · Score: 3, Funny

      Interesting. Would you mind telling me what host and port this is, so I can.. um... diagnose the uh.. problem?

    2. Re:i dont need ssh by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

      All that gives me is a web page with tentacle porn....

    3. Re:i dont need ssh by David_W · · Score: 5, Funny

      since lately i can't even seem to remember what my password is

      It's hunter2.

    4. Re:i dont need ssh by glittalogik · · Score: 3, Funny

      Live action or animated? Normally I wouldn't pry but my genitals wanted me to ask.

    5. Re:i dont need ssh by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

      "since lately i can't even seem to remember what my password is"

      It's hunter2.

      That's odd; it just appears as ******* to me. Is that because it only shows up for the person whose password it is? Cool.

  3. Re:How was life possible without it? by the_humeister · · Score: 3, Funny

    Same with zippers. What would life be like without zippers?

  4. Re:How was life possible without it? by InsaneMosquito · · Score: 4, Funny

    Same with zippers. What would life be like without zippers?

    A lot more drafty?

  5. Re:How was life possible without it? by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    What would life be like without zippers?

    I'd have far fewer painful memories of getting wang-skin caught in them.
    R

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  6. Re:I know I'm not alone in this... by nametaken · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or donate some decent t-shirt designs. :/

  7. Re:To the best by turing_m · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you checked out my package?

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  8. Re:How was life possible without it? by wastedlife · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a pair of 404s, but I can never find them.

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  9. what is this 'ssh'? by dogganos · · Score: 2, Funny

    is it better than telnet?????

  10. Re:To the best by alx5000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is open sores close enough?

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  11. Re:Fast, Weak sshfs by rohan972 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That said, i never knew there was such a thing as "too secure"

    You've never lost the key to the blast proof underground safe you keep your asthma medication in obviously.

  12. Re:How was life possible without it? by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have a pair of 413s, but they are too big to fit me.

  13. Re:To the best by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Have you checked out my package?

    Yes, and I found the open sores somewhat unappealing.

  14. Re:How was life possible without it? by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a pair of 404s, but I can never find them.

    You can get as many 419s as you can handle from my colleague, until recently the Esteemed Excellency of Nigeria's Department of Overseas Resource Depletion, and now with a large number of undocumented 419s at his disposal. Please reply with banking details, home address and SIN, and all other useful information such as drivers license and credit card numbers.

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  15. Re:To the best by hiekka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you checked out my package?

    Wow, is that bzipped? How large is it uncompressed?

  16. Re:To the best by turing_m · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, is that bzipped? How large is it uncompressed?

    Of course it's bzipped - but I'm not sure what the compression ratio is for Python. I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't fork it. And be careful when examining the Python, it has been known to generate streams of Perl. You'd rather not get it on you - it is, after all, a glue language.

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  17. Re:10 years of fear reading sec lists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And looking at the press page, we can even see that they are celebrating the 5th birthday of the project! :)
    http://openssh.com/press.html

  18. Re:I know I'm not alone in this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I prefer tee-shirts with puffies inside them.