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1	    FreeBSD maintainer's guide to OpenSSH-portable
2	    ==============================================
3
4    These instructions assume you have a clone of the FreeBSD git repo
5    main branch in src/freebsd/main, and will store vendor trees under
6    src/freebsd/vendor/.  In addition, this assumes there is a "freebsd"
7    origin pointing to git(repo).freebsd.org/src.git.
8
901) Make sure your mail spool has plenty of free space.  It'll fill up
10    pretty fast once you're done with this checklist.
11
1202) Download the latest OpenSSH-portable tarball and signature from
13    OpenBSD (https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/).
14
1503) Verify the signature:
16
17    $ gpg --verify openssh-X.YpZ.tar.gz.asc
18
1904) Unpack the tarball in a suitable directory:
20
21    $ tar xf openssh-X.YpZ.tar.gz
22
2305) Copy to a vendor branch:
24
25    $ cd src/freebsd/main
26    $ git worktree add ../vendor/openssh freebsd/vendor/openssh
27    $ cd ../vendor/openssh
28    $ rsync --archive --delete --exclude=.git /path/to/openssh-X.YpZ/ ./
29
3006) Take care of added / deleted files:
31
32    $ git add -A
33
3407) Commit:
35
36    $ git commit -m "Vendor import of OpenSSH X.YpZ"
37
3808) Tag:
39
40    $ git tag -a -m "Tag OpenSSH X.YpZ" vendor/openssh/X.YpZ
41
42    At this point the vendor branch can be pushed to the FreeBSD repo via:
43
44    $ git push freebsd vendor/openssh
45    $ git push freebsd vendor/openssh/X.YpZ
46
47    Note the second "git push" command is used to push the tag, which is
48    not pushed by default.
49
50    It is also possible to push the branch and tag together, but use
51    --dry-run first to ensure that no undesired tags will be pushed:
52
53    $ git push --dry-run --follow-tags freebsd vendor/openssh
54    $ git push --follow-tags freebsd vendor/openssh
55
56    The update and tag could instead be pushed later, along with the merge
57    to main, but pushing now allows others to collaborate.
58
5909) Merge from the vendor branch:
60
61    $ git subtree merge -P crypto/openssh vendor/openssh
62
63    A number of files have been deleted from FreeBSD's copy of ssh,
64    including rendered man pages (which have a .0 extension).  When
65    git prompts for these deleted files during the merge, choose 'd'
66    (leaving them deleted).
67
6810) Resolve conflicts.  Remember to bump the version addendum in
69    version.h, and update the default value in ssh{,d}_config and
70    ssh{,d}_config.5.
71
7211) Diff against the vendor branch:
73
74    $ git diff --diff-filter=M vendor/openssh/X.YpZ HEAD:crypto/openssh
75
76    Files that have modifications relative to the vendor code, and
77    only those files, must have the svn:keywords property set to
78    FreeBSD=%H and be listed in the 'keywords' file created by the
79    pre-merge script.
80
8112) Run the configure script:
82
83    $ sh freebsd-configure.sh
84
8513) Review changes to config.h very carefully.
86
87    Note that libwrap should not be defined in config.h; as of
88    r311585 (233932cc2a60) it is conditional on MK_TCP_WRAPPERS.
89
9014) If source files have been added or removed, update the appropriate
91    makefiles to reflect changes in the vendor's Makefile.in.
92
9315) Update ssh_namespace.h:
94
95    $ sh freebsd-namespace.sh
96
9716) Build and install world, reboot, test.  Pay particular attention
98    to pam_ssh(8), which gropes inside libssh and will break if
99    something significant changes or if ssh_namespace.h is out of
100    whack.
101
10217) Check for references to obsolete configuration options
103    (e.g., ChallengeResponseAuthentication in sshd_config) which
104    may exist in release/ scripts.
105
10618) Commit, and hunker down for the inevitable storm of complaints.
107
108
109
110	  An overview of FreeBSD changes to OpenSSH-portable
111	  ==================================================
112
1131) Modified server-side defaults
114
115   We've modified some configuration defaults in sshd:
116
117      - UsePAM defaults to "yes".
118      - PermitRootLogin defaults to "no".
119      - X11Forwarding defaults to "yes".
120      - PasswordAuthentication defaults to "no".
121      - VersionAddendum defaults to "FreeBSD-YYYYMMDD".
122      - PrivilegeSeparation defaults to "sandbox".
123      - UseDNS defaults to "yes".
124
1252) Modified client-side defaults
126
127   We've modified some configuration defaults in ssh:
128
129      - CheckHostIP defaults to "no".
130      - VerifyHostKeyDNS defaults to "yes" if built with LDNS.
131
1323) Canonic host names
133
134   We've added code to ssh.c to canonicize the target host name after
135   reading options but before trying to connect.  This eliminates the
136   usual problem with duplicate known_hosts entries.
137
1384) setusercontext() environment
139
140   Our setusercontext(3) can set environment variables, which we must
141   take care to transfer to the child's environment.
142
1435) TCP wrappers
144
145   Support for TCP wrappers was removed in upstream 6.7p1.  We've
146   added it back by porting the 6.6p1 code forward.
147
148   TCP wrappers support in sshd will be disabled in HEAD and will
149   be removed from FreeBSD in the future.
150
1516) Agent client reference counting
152
153   We've added code to ssh-agent.c to implement client reference
154   counting; the agent will automatically exit when the last client
155   disconnects.
156
1577) Class-based login restrictions (27ceebbc2402)
158
159   We've added code to auth.c to enforce the host.allow, host.deny,
160   times.allow and times.deny login class capabilities, based on an
161   upstream submission from
162   https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/pull/262.
163
1648) Retired patches
165
166   We no longer have HPN patches (adaptive buffer size for increased
167   throughput on high-BxD links) or client-side VersionAddendum, but we
168   recognize and ignore the configuration options to avoid breaking
169   existing configurations.
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173This port was brought to you by (in no particular order) DARPA, NAI
174Labs, ThinkSec, Nescafé, the Aberlour Glenlivet Distillery Co.,
175Suzanne Vega, and a Sanford's #69 Deluxe Marker.
176
177					-- des@FreeBSD.org
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