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This is the Unix port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH.
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OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with
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all patent-encumbered algorithms removed, all known security bugs
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fixed, new features reintroduced and many other clean-ups. More
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information about SSH itself can be found in the file README.Ylonen.
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This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
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support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, and replacements for
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OpenBSD library functions that are (regrettably) absent from most
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other unices. The only well tested platform currently is Linux, though
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some Solaris support is beginning to filter in. This version actively
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tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
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The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of
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commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
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all logins, not just when using password authentication.
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All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very
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liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in
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strlcpy.c and mktemp.c is from the OpenBSD project and has its own
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license (again, see source file for details).
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OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4]. To build
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the GNOME[5] pass-phrase requester (--with-gnome-askpass), you will
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need the GNOME libraries installed. If you are building OpenSSH on a
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Unix which lacks a kernel random number pool (/dev/random), you will
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need to install EGD[1].
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There is now a mailing list for this port of OpenSSH. To
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subscribe, send a message consisting of the word 'SUBSCRIBE' to
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openssh-unix-dev-request@mindrot.org. This mailing list is intended
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for developers.
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Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install
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OpenSSH on your system.
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OpenSSH is developed primarily on Linux, but I am including patches
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which improve compatability with other unices. The beginnings of
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Solaris support have already been included.
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Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au>
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Internet Business Solutions
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Credits -
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The OpenBSD team
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'jonchen' - the original author of PAM support of SSH
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Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com> - Autoconf and build fixes & Debian scripts
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Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk> - Makefile patch
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Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com> - PAM environment patch
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Phil Hands <phil@hands.com> - Debian scripts, assorted patches
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Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk> - Makefile patches
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Marc G. Fournier <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca> - Solaris patches
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Miscellania -
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This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS
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repository on 1999-11-09 which in turn was based on the last free
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version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen.
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Code in helper.[ch] and gnome-ssh-askpass.c is Copyright 1999
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Internet Business Solutions and is released under a X11-style
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license (see source files for details).
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(A)RC4 code in rc4.[ch] is Copyright 1999 Damien Miller. It too is
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under a X11-style license (see source file for details).
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References -
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[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
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[2] http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
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[3] http://www.openssl.org/
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[4] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (PAM is standard on Solaris)
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[5] http://www.gnome.org/
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