rt42@cotse.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anyone here know if ssh2 protocol in openssh can be used for commercial
> ends now?
My understanding is that the whole reason for the OpenSSH project in the
first place was to get around the original SSH's goofy licensing
requirements. So yes, you should be able to use it for anything you
want. But of course it's your own responsibility to read and understand
the licensing, I am not a lawyer, blah blah blah.
> Is there a way to encrypt packets to/from a standard public pop server, e.g. a
> pop at Yahoo?
Not really, unless you can get the admin of the POP server to cooperate
by installing something like stunnel.
> A 486 box only loads ssh1 protocol and says it can't load ssh2 at boot. What
> might be the reason?
Just about anything, but probably not the type of processor. We'd need
more details to know for sure.
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Michael Jinks, IB // Technical Entity // Saecos Corporation
Opinions expressed above are my own, and not those of my employer.
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