From ae9154836359d3f757b08119370d60052b143e01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: simon Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:37:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add the `will you write an SSH server' question to the FAQ. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@1343 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index b95f74fc..f43a558e 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ authentication, which is more flexible and more secure. See \k{pubkey} in the documentation for a full discussion of public key authentication. +\S{faq-server} Will you write an SSH server for the PuTTY suite, to +go with the client? + +No. The only reason we might want to would be if we could easily +re-use existing code and significantly cut down the effort. We don't +believe this is the case; there just isn't enough common ground +between an SSH client and server to make it worthwhile. + +If someone else wants to use bits of PuTTY in the process of writing +a Windows SSH server, they'd be perfectly welcome to of course, but +I really can't see it being a lot less effort for us to do that than +it would be for us to write a server from the ground up. We don't +have time, and we don't have motivation. The code is available if +anyone else wants to try it. + \H{faq-ports} Ports to other operating systems The eventual goal is for PuTTY to be a multi-platform program, able -- 2.11.0