[Info-vax] OpenVMS SSH to freeSSHd on Windows

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In article <4ebf67ec$0$29888$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>, Sum1 <not at here.com> writes:
>On 2011-11-12 13:14:41 +0000, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG said:
>
>> 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
>
>Hi VAXman
>
>I made extensive use of your helpful information and, yes, the problem 
>is quite possible that the server is running on a toy OS.  
>Unfortunately, there is no ability to install Cygwin - it must work 
>against the installed product. At this point, it does for without any 
>modification or problem with clients using Windows (XP, 7, Server2003, 
>Server2008), OSX, Tru64, AIX, Solaris10, Ubuntu, SuSE, Redhat, Debian 
>and FreeBSD - these are all the operating systems that need to connect. 
> It is only VMS that is providing an issue and I am the bunny trying to 
>sort it out :(

Have you been able to 'ssh' from OpenVMS to any one of the several other
environments you've enumerated above?  If so, pull the public key for the
OpenVMS system from one of them and plant it over on the WEENDOZE box.


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