On 12/09/12 06:50, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Chris Cappuccio <ch...@nmedia.net> wrote: ,,, >> OpenSSH and OpenBSD IPsec represent the OpenBSD solutions to the quality and >> licensing problems in those areas. OpenSSH is still the gold standard, >> OCF/IPsec, >> maybe not. PGP worked, was public domain, encrypts files, and solved one >> problem. >> Network layer encryption is an entirely different, and for many, a much more >> important problem. > > SSH is the gold standard: OpenSSH is the popular and effective > freeware version, which did solve a number of issues.
i.e., the "better than gold standard". Thanks for the clarification. I agree completely. :) I've actually used an "appliance" which used ssh.com's SSH. I suspect I am in the vast minority in that regard. That particular manufacturer switched to OpenSSH in a later version of their products. I talked to them about why they used SSH.com's product (and had a separate license key in place just for it) rather than OpenSSH. It appears it was something of an internal question; no one still there was quite sure why they did that. Nick.
