On Mon, 24 May 2010, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:29:06PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> [1] There are two implementations of SSH, the familiar OpenSSH and
>> something called "Dropbear". I was reading a guide and the author
>> recommended OpenSSH because the Dropbear binary was named "dropbear"
>> and he couldn't deal with that. Seems to me an alias or at worst a
>> wrapper script would take care of that (if Dropbear has other
>> desirable qualities), but I followed the guide and installed OpenSSH.
>
> I don't know specifically why he couldn't deal with the name "dropbear",
I think the string "ssh" was too hardwired for him to substitute
"dropbear" easily, like having /bin/files do "ls"'s function.
> but "Drop Bear" is an in-joke among Australians, who use it to prank
> non-Australians who visit. They will claim that there's a ferocious
> creature who lives in trees in Australia, which waits for unsuspecting
> people to walk underneath, and pounces on them. It's all made up, but a
> great source of humor among Australians, who delight in watching
> visitors cautiously scan the trees for the fictional creatures.
Yup.
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