Since new versions of slackware change compiler versions, and kernel versions, I don't think it will work on slack7. But he should be able to build ssh on slack7. http://www.openssh.org/unix.html http://www.fressh.org/ There may be some old binaries floating around that will work on slack7, but they will be old versions of ssh. If he wants security he needs to upgrade slackware! He is probably running multiple services with known exploits. -- Doug