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Microsoft To Support SSH In Windows and Contribute To OpenSSH

Posted by Soulskill on from the headlines-you-probably-didn't-expect dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft has announced plans for native support for SSH in Windows. "A popular request the PowerShell team has received is to use Secure Shell protocol and Shell session (aka SSH) to interoperate between Windows and Linux – both Linux connecting to and managing Windows via SSH and, vice versa, Windows connecting to and managing Linux via SSH. Thus, the combination of PowerShell and SSH will deliver a robust and secure solution to automate and to remotely manage Linux and Windows systems." Based on the work from this new direction, they also plan to contribute back to the OpenSSH project as well.

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  1. finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's only 2015 guys...

    1. Re:finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just imagine the time warp when they discover rsync.

  2. excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    now you can use Windows computers the way they were meant to be used, as dummy linux clients

  3. I wonder by John+Allsup · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are M$ getting sensible in their old age?

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  4. Re:Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad opening an SSH into Windows will drop you into the complex abomination that is PowerShell.

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