From b763ed05bd1f1f15ae1727c86a4498546bc36ca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darren Tucker Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:51:24 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Minor documentation update: - remove duplication of dependency information (it's all in INSTALL). - SSHFP is now an RFC. --- INSTALL | 2 +- README | 28 +++++++++------------------- README.dns | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 49013e935..23bcf384c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ to generate keys for all supported types. Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory. (${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during -configuration) +configuration). If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is running and has collected some Entropy. diff --git a/README b/README index 5c83aa508..be79dafb6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song. It has a homepage at https://www.openssh.com/ This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM -support, EGD[1]/PRNGD[2] support and replacements for OpenBSD library +support, EGD/PRNGD support and replacements for OpenBSD library functions that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port has been best tested on AIX, Cygwin, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS/X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris and UnixWare. @@ -26,37 +26,27 @@ The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for all logins, not just when using password authentication. -OpenSSH depends on Zlib[3], OpenSSL[4], and optionally PAM[5] and -libedit[6] - There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please refer to https://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join. Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is open to posting by unsubscribed users. Code contribution are welcomed, but please follow the OpenBSD -style guidelines[7]. +style guidelines[1]. -Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install -OpenSSH on your system. +Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on dependencies and +how to install OpenSSH on your system. Damien Miller Miscellania - -This version of OpenSSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD -CVS repository which in turn was based on the last free sample -implementation released by Tatu Ylonen. +This version of OpenSSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS +repository which in turn was based on the last free sample implementation +released by Tatu Ylonen. References - [0] https://www.openssh.com/ -[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ -[2] http://prngd.sourceforge.net/ -[3] https://www.zlib.net/ -[4] https://www.openssl.org/ -[5] https://www.openpam.org - https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ - (PAM also is standard on Solaris and HP-UX 11) -[6] https://thrysoee.dk/editline/ (portable version) -[7] https://man.openbsd.org/style.9 +[1] https://man.openbsd.org/style.9 + diff --git a/README.dns b/README.dns index 97879183e..29ecaee8d 100644 --- a/README.dns +++ b/README.dns @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ How to verify host keys using OpenSSH and DNS --------------------------------------------- -OpenSSH contains support for verifying host keys using DNS as described in -draft-ietf-secsh-dns-05.txt. The document contains very brief instructions -on how to use this feature. Configuring DNS is out of the scope of this -document. +OpenSSH contains support for verifying host keys using DNS as described +in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4255. The document contains very brief +instructions on how to use this feature. Configuring DNS is out of the +scope of this document. (1) Server: Generate and publish the DNS RR