Re: SSH revised

[Tom Bachmann]

Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> I see.  That's certainly interesting, and I would like to see it
> happen at some time.  But one nice things about the internet is that
> it allows heterogenous interoperation, ie, the two systems don't need
> to run the same operating system.  Of course, you could still achieve
> that by having a program on the alien system that emulates
> capabilities. 

Right, good point.

> But that would require at least to install a program,
> which may already be too much of a requirement.

You have to install openssh (or similar) if you want ssh. Though this is 
more likely already installed.

> In light of this, I guess
> my main point is that SSH and transparent remote object access are
> solutions to different problems, and I don't think it would be
> entirely fair to either to say that one of them is the way it ought to
> be.

Agreed.
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