On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:31:04PM +0000, amanda wrote:
> Why do you think that OpenSSL is easier to use than OpenSSH? If you use
> SSH then the application is already written. You don't need to write a
> single line of C to get it running. OpenSSL on the other hand is mostly a
> toolkit for programmers.
There is a significant difference between SSH and an SSL enabled application:
For using an SSH tunnel, there must be an authorized SSH connection, meaning
that only people having a valid account will be able to use SSH tunneling.
Having this said: If you only have shell users being able to establish an
SSH session, using SSH is just a question of setting some options.
Unfortunately I had to make the experience, that people are far more willing
to "click" onto an SSL button of a windows application than establish an
SSH tunneling connection. Not even in the faculty of engineering, sigh.
Best regards,
Lutz
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