fbsd11 & sshv1

[heasley]

Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 01:56:03PM -0800, jungle Boogie:
> On 30 January 2017 at 11:52, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
> > Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 01:57:32PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smørgrav:
> >> heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> writes:
> >> > So, what is the BCP to support a v1 client for outbound connections on fbsd
> >> > 11?  Hopefully one that I do not need to maintain by building a special ssh
> >> > from ports.  Is there a pkg that I'm missing?
> >>
> >> FreeBSD 10 supports SSHv1 and will continue to do so.  FreeBSD 11 and 12
> >> do not, and neither does the openssh-portable port.  I'm afraid you will
> >> have to find some other SSH client.
> >
> > That is sad; I doubt that I am the only one who would need this - there
> > are millions of Cisco, HP, and etc network devices that folks must continue
> > to access but will never receive new firmware with sshv2.  It takes a long
> > time for some equipment to transition to the recycle bin - even after
> > vendor EOLs.
> 
> Well you have about 7 months until it's deprecated from openssh.
> What's wrong with continuing to use openSSH 7.4 post sshv1
> deprecation?

whats wrong with providing a 7.4+v1 port for everyone to use?