History of OpenSSH

	Revision 16 . . December 5, 2001 10:34 am by Bignose [clarify opening paragraph, issues of source code]
	Revision 15 . . December 5, 2001 3:42 am by Hagedis [good, if that's who's claiming it]
	Revision 14 . . December 5, 2001 3:39 am by Lee Daniel Crocker [Restoring claim once again--see talk.]
	Revision 13 . . December 5, 2001 3:20 am by Hagedis [expand "open"]
	Revision 12 . . December 5, 2001 3:15 am by Lee Daniel Crocker [Better?]
	Revision 11 . . December 5, 2001 2:33 am by Lee Daniel Crocker [It's important to note that "openness" is, by itself, an important reason for the claim of security.]
	Revision 10 . . December 5, 2001 2:32 am by Lee Daniel Crocker [It's important to note that "openness" is, by itself, an important reason for the claim of security.]
	Revision 9 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 2:30 am by Arcade [*corrected network link]
	Revision 8 . . December 5, 2001 2:26 am by Hagedis [its a server too]
	Revision 7 . . December 5, 2001 2:20 am by Hagedis [how about this?]
	Revision 6 . . December 5, 2001 2:12 am by Arcade [* Bias pointed out, _again_.]
	Revision 5 . . December 5, 2001 2:02 am by The Anome [stopped self-linking...]
	Revision 4 . . December 5, 2001 1:50 am by Lee Daniel Crocker
	Revision 3 . . (edit) December 4, 2001 11:47 pm by Arcade [*removed "more secure", as that is very biased.]
	Revision 2 . . (edit) November 7, 2001 10:48 pm by WojPob

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Changed: 1c1

OpenSSH stands for Open Secure Shell. It is a software package that includes client? and server? programs for access to computers over a network.

OpenSSH stands for Open Secure Shell, a set of computer programs providing encrypted communication sessions over a computer network.

Changed: 3c3

OpenSSH was created by the OpenBSD team as an open alternative to SSH, which is now a commercial product. Its developers claim that OpenSSH is more secure than the orginal, partly due to the reputation of the OpenBSD developers in emphasising security, and also due to its "open" nature.

OpenSSH was created by the OpenBSD team as an open alternative to SSH, which is now [proprietary software]?. Its developers claim that OpenSSH is more secure than the orginal, partly due to the reputation of the OpenBSD developers in emphasising security. Its security is further attributed to the fact that its source code is released under an Open Source license (to which the "Open" in the name refers). Although source code is available for the original SSH, various restrictions are imposed on its use and distribution, making OpenSSH a more attractive project for many software developers.

Changed: 5c5,6

The "Open" in the name refers to open source. Although source code is available for the original SSH, various restrictions on its use are imposed. It's open to debate whether this lack of "openness" has any security implications in this case.

Additional resources

Changed: 7c8

http://www.openssh.com.

* The [OpenSSH home page].

Added: 8a10

Removed: 10d11