As an update on the Solaris ssh stuff :

Sun has just today released version 08 of patch 114356, which fixes the 'xmalloc: zero size' problem (charmingly describedin the patch README as 'New ssh in Sol. 9 exits if the key fingerprintcannot be found in the known_host files'), but not the problemswith mech_krb5.so and the GSS stuff.

This is a good step forward, and it fixes the most important issue,since

It's not the carefully spun death of WinFS ,or even ( as Cringley put it ) that Microsofthas spent five years and five billion dollars not shipping WindowsVista.

Microsoft's problem is that ordinary people can't keep Windows machinessecured. Spyware and other malware is rampant, compromised Windows boxesare perhaps the single largest source of spam email on the Internet,and anti-virus and anti-spyware software is now considered a basicrequirement on machines.

( Anecdotally , it'salready to the