Is there a OpenSSH server version for Windows 2003 Server? The only OpenSSH server for Windows I found is version v3.8.1p1-1. However, this is ONLY supported on Windows NT. Is there any other openware SSH Server for Windows 2003 Server?
The only other OpenSSH based server would be part of Cygwin. Otherwise VanDyke has a nice native commerical SSH server. - Ben On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Patel Dippen-CDP054 wrote:> Is there a OpenSSH server version for Windows 2003 Server? The only > OpenSSH server for Windows I found is version v3.8.1p1-1. However, this > is ONLY supported on Windows NT. > Is there any other openware SSH Server for Windows 2003 Server? > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev >
So basically, I have to download and install Cygwin from http://cygwin.com/. Does this install the complete Cygwin or just a small portion like the v3.8.1p1-1 below? Are there security issues related to using Cygwin itself? The v3.8.1p1-1 version has a Readme that states that Cygwin uses shared memory to store process information that is not protected. How safe is the VanDyke version? Could I use either of these on high security/ mission critical systems? I have Windows Services running on different Windows machines and they talk to each other. I need to protect the communication between these 2 services. One approach is using SSL. I am trying to investigate the feasibility of using SSH tunnels so that I do NOT have to modify the Applications. -----Original Message----- From: Ben Lindstrom [mailto:mouring at eviladmin.org] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 8:54 AM To: Patel Dippen-CDP054 Cc: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org Subject: Re: Openssh for Windows The only other OpenSSH based server would be part of Cygwin. Otherwise VanDyke has a nice native commerical SSH server. - Ben On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Patel Dippen-CDP054 wrote:> Is there a OpenSSH server version for Windows 2003 Server? The only > OpenSSH server for Windows I found is version v3.8.1p1-1. However, > this is ONLY supported on Windows NT. > Is there any other openware SSH Server for Windows 2003 Server? > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev >
You might want to consider to use Microsoft's Services For Unix. A nice OpenSSH implementation (client and server, including public-key authentications!) is provided by Interopsystems. Some links: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/interopmigration/bb380242.aspx http://www.interopsystems.com/community/default.htm http://debian-interix.net/ The Debian page provides a highly recommended list of patches to install. Good luck Harri
Hi Patel, On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Patel Dippen-CDP054 wrote:> I have Windows Services running on different Windows machines and they > talk to each other. I need to protect the communication between these 2 > services. One approach is using SSL. I am trying to investigate the > feasibility of using SSH tunnels so that I do NOT have to modify the > Applications.IPSec is probably the best tool for this job. Adding SSH tunneling and port forwarding to the mix will only complicate matters, probably not perform as well, and subtly changes semantics of things like connect() which could break your application in odd ways. Cheers, Chris. -- _____ __ _ \ __/ / ,__(_)_ | Chris Wilson <0000 at qwirx.com> - Cambs UK | / (_/ ,\/ _/ /_ \ | Security/C/C++/Java/Ruby/Perl/SQL Developer | \ _/_/_/_//_/___/ | We are GNU : free your mind & your software |
Chris, Agree. Our proposal is to use SSL natively (IPSec creates other problems for us). However, I have to provde some analysis on why SSH is not suitable. Believe the lack of a openware, stable and secured SSH server for Windows itself suffices. -Dippen -----Original Message----- From: Chris Wilson [mailto:chris at qwirx.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:53 AM To: Patel Dippen-CDP054 Cc: Ben Lindstrom; openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org Subject: RE: Openssh for Windows Hi Patel, On Mon, 28 Jul 2008, Patel Dippen-CDP054 wrote:> I have Windows Services running on different Windows machines and they> talk to each other. I need to protect the communication between these > 2 services. One approach is using SSL. I am trying to investigate the > feasibility of using SSH tunnels so that I do NOT have to modify the > Applications.IPSec is probably the best tool for this job. Adding SSH tunneling and port forwarding to the mix will only complicate matters, probably not perform as well, and subtly changes semantics of things like connect() which could break your application in odd ways. Cheers, Chris. -- _____ __ _ \ __/ / ,__(_)_ | Chris Wilson <0000 at qwirx.com> - Cambs UK | / (_/ ,\/ _/ /_ \ | Security/C/C++/Java/Ruby/Perl/SQL Developer | \ _/_/_/_//_/___/ | We are GNU : free your mind & your software |
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:01:51AM -0400, Patel Dippen-CDP054 wrote: .. Cygwin / VanDyke> > Could I use either of these on high security/ mission critical systems?One advantage for the open source alternative is that you are able to find the answer for this question out for yourself, rather than having to rely on what a vendor tells you.> I have Windows Services running on different Windows machines and > they talk to each other. I need to protect the communication > between these 2 services.As others mentioned, an actual VPN product is much more suitable for this task. I recommend the open source product OpenVPN which runs very well also on Windows. Please see http://openvpn.net/ //Peter