openssh-portable/contrib/README

Other patches and addons for OpenSSH. Please send submissions to 
djm@mindrot.org

Externally maintained
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SSH Proxy Command -- connect.c

Shun-ichi GOTO <gotoh@imasy.or.jp> has written a very useful ProxyCommand
which allows the use of outbound SSH from behind a SOCKS4, SOCKS5 or 
https CONNECT style proxy server. His page for connect.c has extensive
documentation on its use as well as compiled versions for Win32.

http://www.taiyo.co.jp/~gotoh/ssh/connect.html


X11 SSH Askpass:

Jim Knoble <jmknoble@pobox.com> has written an excellent X11
passphrase requester. This is highly recommended:

http://www.ntrnet.net/~jmknoble/software/x11-ssh-askpass/index.html


In this directory
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ssh-copy-id:

Phil Hands' <phil@hands.com> shell script to automate the process of adding
your public key to a remote machine's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.

gnome-ssh-askpass[12]:

A GNOME and Gtk2 passphrase requesters. Compilation instructions
are in the top of the files.

sshd.pam.generic:

A generic PAM config file which may be useful on your system. YMMV

sshd.pam.freebsd:

A PAM config file which works with FreeBSD's PAM port. Contributed by
Dominik Brettnacher <domi@saargate.de>

mdoc2man.pl:

Converts mdoc formated manpages into normal manpages.  This can be used
on Solaris machines to provide manpages that are not preformated. 
Contributed by Mark D. Roth <roth@feep.net>

redhat:

RPM spec file and scripts for building Redhat packages

suse:

RPM spec file and scripts for building SuSE packages