Interview: Tatu Ylönen, SSH Communications Security
Steve Mansfield-Devine · Computer Fraud & Security · 2012
Sometimes, security solutions can create their own problems – especially if they turn out to be highly popular. The Secure Shell (SSH) is a case in point. Since its creation in 1995, SSH has found its way into numerous software products and untold thousands of scripts and is among the favourite tools of system administrators wanting to log on securely to remote systems. Yet that same ubiquity is causing a serious issue that is leading not just to a management nightmare but also potential security vulnerabilities – the very problem it was intended to solve.