[Info-vax] OpenVMS SSH to freeSSHd on Windows

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:14:41 +0000, VAXman- wrote:

> 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.

That article is here:

http://tmesis.org/Pivot/entry.php?id=10#body

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

-- 
Paul Sture