Ahh they've already released 3.3p1.. Hmm.. When 3.3 was released they said they were going to release 3.3p1 to fix the problems 3.3 had with some vendors...
BTW: its not really a work around, its just a feature you enable in the sshd conf...
You get used to installing stuff like ssh and kernels after you do it to 20 machines
And if your scared it might mess up, install it on another port first and see if it works, and move it over, or enable telnet as a backup