Windows 2008 Telnet (not SSH) Server
Have you heard that Windows 2008 will be able to run in a command-line only mode, but will continue to ship with a telnet server instead of SSH? This is awesome, seeing as how telnet is an insecure, antiquated method of remote access that should not be used by anyone under any circumstances. Congratulations Microsoft! Welcome to the 1970’s! Should we expect the SSH server in Windows Server 2033?
Seriously, what the fuck are those people doing over there?
Update According to Microsoft, there will be “a technology like this included in Windows Server 2008 called WinRS; or Windows Remote Shell. This command line tool allows administrators to remotely execute most cmd.exe commands using the WS_Management protocol.” Too bad it sucks!
See Also: “Not Invented Here Syndrome“
Cisco does the same thing with telnet… SSH is new for them. do you expect MS to jump in and use SSH? at best they will add their own (incompatible) changes to SSH and call it something else.
“Those who don’t understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.” – Henry Spencer
It’s a shame we will all have to support this garbage… I think MS should just roll out Xenix again and be done with it. Unix is for servers, Windows is for…playing solitair. they could even do what Novell did with Netware — have a Linux base (Xenix in MS’s case) and have the Netware (Windows Server) services run on top of that.
Why should it matter what windows does? If you’re setting up a server, use unix. If your company insists on using windows and can’t be convinced otherwise by their own experts, find a company that isn’t trying to kill itself.