cygwin sshd vs Win 10 'built-in' openSSh server

[Evan Cooch]

Thanks very much -- good points.

On 11/21/2019 3:47 PM, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2019-11-21 09:07, Evan Cooch wrote:
>> I've been using the cygwin sshd as a service under Windows (XP -> 7), for
>> *many* years. However, with the pending deprecatin of Win 7, and the IT guys
>> at my institution nagging me to upgrade to Win 10, that raises a question --
>> are there relative pros/cons of sticking with cygwin sshd as a service under
>> Win 10 (assuming that is still possible), or enabling the openssh server that
>> is 'hidden' (relatively speaking) in Win 10 Pro an Enterprise (not so sure
>> about Win 10 Home)?
>>
>> My preference would be to stick with cygwin (since I'm familiar with it, and
>> can tweak things as I need), but I'm uncertain as to how well it would play
>> with Win 10, which might be 'happier' if the MS approved openssh approach was
>> used.
>>
>> Thoughts/opinions?  I have a couple of Win 10 installs in virtual machines,
>> and will try testing both approaches at some point, but wanted to collate
>> some information before that point.
> With Cygwin you have documentation, familiarity, prompt support and fixes, and
> support of standard cypher suites and key sizes.
>
> What do you know about MS "hidden" ssh server and client, and interop with the
> systems to which you want to connect?
>
> What can you expect by way of support from your IT guys and MS?
>
> Some wiki notes are less than informative and may be worrysome:
> https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/SSH-remote-sessions-on-Windows
> "A remote session opened via password authentication has the user credentials
> attached to it and hence is capable of outbound authentication as the user.
> A remote session opened via key based authentication does not have associated
> user credentials and hence is not capable of outbound authentication as the
> user. This is by design and goes by the rules of standard Windows security."
> https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/ssh.exe-examples
>


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