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Is it worth to spend 90kEUR on putty, considering windows nowadays has openssh?

• scrollaway 8y ago
  Is it worth spending money on Drupal considering we nowadays have anything else? The answer is yes. The value of these bug bounty programs is directly tied to the amount of use the software gets (and most of these get used a ton, including Putty, regardless of alternatives).
  • oelmekki 8y ago
    Do people using these oldish softwares update them, though? Funding bug bounty programs kind of fail its objectives if they don't.
    • scrollaway 8y ago
      You're not wrong, but those are still separate issues. In the context of benefit for the government itself, you'd certainly hope so… Regardless of whether they get updated, these are still a net benefit for new installs.
      • oelmekki 8y ago
        Oh indeed, I'm not trying to say they should not fund these programs, this is awesome and welcome. I'm just warning about a possible pitfall for them to keep an eye on :)
• threeseed 8y ago
  Most places are not running the latest version of Windows. And even if their SOE is Windows 10 I guarantee you that their VDI isn't. And since Putty doesn't need an installer it's easy for users to install themselves even when the machines are locked down. So given that pretty much every government/company probably has some incidental security exposure to Putty it is a smart investment to make sure it's bug free.