[OpenSSH] IETF declares SSH a generic term

Contributed by Dengue on 2001-03-22 from the promising dept.

evenprime writes : "Network Fusion is reporting on Tatu Ylonnen's request that they change the name of the SSH protocol to protect his trademark. The story says:

"IETF participants argued that both Secure Shell and its acronym SSH were generic terms that can't be protected by trademarks. Ultimately, the working group voted 3 to 1 to reject Ylonnen's request."

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Comments

By Flynn () on 2001-03-22 19:16

YAY!..er I said that... Well.. All i can say is I hope this finally gets put to rest and the guys at OpenSSH can go back about their business of creating cool software....
By Anonymous Coward () on 2001-03-23 02:06

It's about time this nonsense has finally been killed... You can't have it both ways... If only somebody challenged Windows ~1992.... Grrrr!
By Anonymous Coward () on 2001-03-24 19:35

It's written Ylonen, not Ylonnen.

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