[talk] Microsoft getting behind OpenSSH

[Brian Callahan]

On 06/02/15 14:32, George Rosamond wrote:
> Pete Wright:
>>
>> On 06/02/15 11:22, Brian Coca wrote:
>>> I had to check a few times it was not the first day of April:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/looking_forward_microsoft__support_for_secure_shell_ssh1/archive/2015/06/02/managing-looking-forward-microsoft-support-for-secure-shell-ssh.aspx
>>>
>>> This comes to me after months of dealing with winrm as a connection
>>> protocol to manage windows machines. I'm furious, happy, scared and
>>> worried .... will need to leave sober analysis for later but, would
>>> like to start to get the ball rolling here.
>>>
>> it's a shame they don't have any plans to support BSD/Unix:
>>
>> " A popular request the PowerShell team has received is to use Secure
>> Shell protocol and Shell session (aka SSH) to interoperate between
>> Windows and Linux – both Linux connecting to and managing Windows via
>> SSH and, vice versa, Windows connecting to and managing Linux via SSH.
>> Thus, the combination of PowerShell and SSH will deliver a robust and
>> secure solution to automate and to remotely manage Linux and Windows
>> systems."
> How does this not include BSDs?  It's SSH...

I'm gonna play devil's advocate and say that *BSD support will be 
accidental.
But it doesn't hurt to remind them that OpenSSH is an OpenBSD project!
https://twitter.com/__briancallahan/status/605778980847779840

~Brian

>> j/k - it'll be great if they push their patches back to the openssh devs
>> imho and the code is of acceptable quality.
>>
> I was in the middle of noting that point in an email when you posted
> this Pete.
>
> I think it's safe to assume this is the first time MS devs will be
> pushing any code to a BSD project, at least at any scale.
>
> Can't wait til this hits misc at ...
>