[Info-vax] OpenVMS SSH to freeSSHd on Windows

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In article <4ebe2331$0$11112$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, Sum1 <not at here.com> writes:
>On 2011-11-12 05:01:28 +0000, Dean Woodward said:
>
>> On 11/11/2011 7:12 PM, Sum1 wrote:
>>> I believe that freeSSHd used OpenSSH as a protpcol base and uses RSA
>>> keys for authentication.
>> 
>> Generate keys on each side, you'll see they're stored differently. 
>> OpenSSH has a way to deal with this- see:
>> http://burnz.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/how-to-make-ssh2-work-with-openssh/
>> 
>> I use PuTTY to convert key formats from SSH2 to OpenSSH and back (PuTTY 
>> itself stores them in yet a different format. sigh.)
>
>Hi
>
>Thanks for your suggestion.  I had found that page before but it seems 
>to rerquire me to execute the conversion of the certificates on the 
>OpenSSH server - and freeSSHd has no SSH functionality other than being 
>a server - no commands, nothing :(
>
>I will try puTTY…..
>
>Cheers and thanks for being helpful :)

I believe the root of your problem is spelled WEENDOZE.  I haven't had any
issues with OpenSSH assuming CygWin has been install on the WEENDOZE box.

I've blogged an article on how to use ssh with disparate Operating Systems
(Linux/Unix/Mac and OpenVMS) but since WEENDOZE isn't an Operating System,
I didn't cover it! :P  Put CygWin on that WEENDOZE box and you can follow 
all of the instructions for OpenVMS -> Linux to make it work.

This might help you too: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4716

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