On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:09:09 -0800 patrick keshishian wrote: > > The installer or man page asks for donations, how about the ssh login > > banner or initial output which might get perhaps 100s of thousands more > > eyefall? > > I see where this is headed: In app purchases! e.g., after > couple of failed attempts/insults by sudo, it prompts you > to purchase your 'access' for only $1.99!
I can't see that happening when the code is OpenBSD's myself. I primarily meant client usage but server access from other clients too. This way you may get Windows, Linux, Android, hosting companies and OSX users etc.. So you use the client and it has a carefully considered one-liner like Keep ssh as secure and fast as possible. Why not donate today at www. or the sympathy vote OpenSSH has one of the lowest donation to user ratios of all open source software and the environment in which it was born within is currently under threat. Please support this critical piece of software at www. You could even have it show up once in 10 times or something. Just a thought from figuring it was one of the easiest tools OpenBSD has to reach out to many many people. Bad side is may take years to hit hosting companies that have Ubuntu LTS etc. but the initial shock factor may cause a winfall.
