The original version of Secure Shell is still available from the following link. The program and source comes with documentation and is available here if you would like to look at it before you download. If you make improvements to MSSH, we would very much like to add them to our source. Send them us and we'll add your name to the list of those who have helped bring MSSH to full fruition. To Do Test DES, 3DES, and Blowfish.
Idea works just fine.
Test padding with random bytes. Make MSSH remotely configurable. This would make the creation of a simple VPN easy. Also see section 2.4 of the documentation. PuTTY ttssh hits since November 14, 2000.