On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 10:58:14PM -0400, Andrew Gillham wrote:

 > > Out of curiosity, why go with a completely independent implementation?
 > > I'm pretty clueless, so I'd settle for a "just because".
 > 
 > If I had to take a wild-assed guess I would say it is to not be based on
 > the original ssh 1.x source, but a "clean room" implementation.
 > This new implementation could potentially be 100% BSD licensed, etc.

The new implementation is cleaner, more modular (protocols, crypto
libraries, OS support, and authentication mechanisms), faster, and more
portable.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>