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Re: OpenSSH for Windows update

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post #5

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Was just coming here to voice my concerns over this choice as well, wondering what their reasoning is for changing crypto systems.

A crypto system is a big and complex thing, subtle and quick to anger, and I can't blame Microsoft for wanting to concentrate on the one they're already supporting, instead of having to support two. On the other hand, for the exact same reason, I expect OpenSSH probably isn't interested in supporting anything besides LibreSSL and maybe OpenSSL, at least while they're so closely related.

So you think it'll remain a fork, rather than a platform for OpenSSH?

If they implemented a good openssl to cryptoAPI shim it could be usable by other projects linked against OpenSSL.

Re: OpenSSH for Windows update

#43
post #22

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It really is surprisingly bad, isn't it? I recently was involved in a continuous deployment system targeting Windows. We simply couldn't get WinRM to reliably upload fast and ended up installing SSH everywhere.

Yep definitely the worst thing ever. Not just that though; everything. I've lost so much hair in the last few months over trying to get a CD environment up on windows.

This. Everything about Windows and automation just feels like Bill & co really hates you personally, hates your company, and even the air you breath

Re: OpenSSH for Windows update

#44
post #39

I'm interested in how this is going to work in PowerShell with the way everything works now, if there happen to be any details about that (whether here, somewhere else, or a past link)?

I don't know anything about PowerShell, but I have a similar question, I think: how is this going to work? Will I be able to do something like this command line (from my *nix machine)?

    ssh user@windows.machine.local dir d: | less

Re: OpenSSH for Windows update

#46
post #3

> Leverage Windows crypto api’s instead of OpenSSL/LibreSSL and run as Windows Service Was wondering about that. I'm surprised the OpenBSD team is accepting the commits - something so fundamental and Windows specific doesn't seem like their kind of thing - but great! PS. If you're coming from a Unix background and interested in learning posh: https://certsimple.com/rosetta-stone

Why would the OpenBSD team not accept the commits? It is just linking to a system library that will always be present on the platform. It's like saying Windows opensource should be forced to use some thrid party filesystem library.

Re: OpenSSH for Windows update

#47
post #3

> Leverage Windows crypto api’s instead of OpenSSL/LibreSSL and run as Windows Service Was wondering about that. I'm surprised the OpenBSD team is accepting the commits - something so fundamental and Windows specific doesn't seem like their kind of thing - but great! PS. If you're coming from a Unix background and interested in learning posh: https://certsimple.com/rosetta-stone

> PS. If you're coming from a Unix background and interested in learning posh: https://certsimple.com/rosetta-stone

I stopped reading this when I got to this part:

    whois 'domain [domain name]'
-->

    $web = New-WebServiceProxy 'http://www.webservicex.net/whois.asmx?WSDL'
    $web.GetWhoIs('[domain name]')
It's cute that there is some kind of VBScript for calling web services, but this line tells me that this document must have been authored by some kind of PowerShell apologist.

Just put none in the `whois` box and move on.

Re: OpenSSH for Windows update

#49
post #35
post #27

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I really don't like that there replacing an open source crypto with a closed source one. Putting on my tin foil hat but didn't Microsoft hand over a back door to the NSA already.

No.

Sorry, I don't understand this response.

Are you saying that you are familiar with the events that DonnyV is referring to but you are confident that they are mere legend? That you disagree with the published accounts?

Or are you saying that you are not familiar with that particular scandal, you've never heard of it, and your response is simply "Not that I know of."?

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