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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Kermit 95 as an ssh client?
Date: 5 Oct 1999 21:50:05 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <7tdqq7$6se$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Adam H. Lewenberg <adam@symcom.math.uiuc.edu> wrote:
: Kermit 95 is _almost_ perfect. The last feature I would really like is
: for kermit to act as an ssh client.
:
: Any chances of this happening in the near future?
:
Not until the RSA patent runs out, the USA export law is changed, and
various other legal/export/licensing issues are resolved.
I notice you're posting from a large university. SSH might not be the
best choice in such settings anyway, due to key management/recovery
issues (think about it).
- Frank