Hey Chris, thanks for the reply! I was actually just coming back to post what I did for other lost souls.
// What I could have done:
yum install openssh
// What I did: (compile from source)
// went to
http://www.openssh.com and clicked my way to a download mirror, found the url for the current release.tar.gz
cd /usr/src
mkdir openssh
cd openssh
wget
http://mirror.planetunix.net/pub/Ope...h-5.3p1.tar.gz
tar -zxvf {the downloaded file).tar.gz
cd {the folder that came out of the zip}
./configure [i didn't add any options cuz over my head, i figure default will do]
make && make install