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Re:Targeted MitM attacks using information leakage in SSH cl... by reificator on Saturday July 04, 2020 @02:24PM (#23734003)
> The idea that PuTTY has bugs that aren't originating from the openssh project is really bothersome to me. All that work to reimplement, for what?

Agreed. OpenSSH wasted a lot of needless effort reimplementing PuTTY. Except now that you know the timeline is reversed I expect your opinion on reimplementation to suddenly 180 as well.

> PuTTY Initial Release: January 8, 1999

> OpenSSH Initial Release: 1 December 1999

Via Wikipedia

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Re:Targeted MitM attacks using information leakage in SSH cl... by saltcured on Saturday July 04, 2020 @02:41PM (#23734086)
Note, OpenSSH wasn't brand new code on its first release. It was forked from the original SSH software from a version before it went commercial. I can't remember the whole history of that earlier open source project, but I can remember that I installed it on a university workstation in mid 1996.
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