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1See http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-7.2p2 for the release notes.
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3Please read http://www.openssh.com/report.html for bug reporting
4instructions and note that we do not use Github for bug reporting or
5patch/pull-request management.
6
7- A Japanese translation of this document and of the OpenSSH FAQ is
8- available at http://www.unixuser.org/~haruyama/security/openssh/index.html
9- Thanks to HARUYAMA Seigo <haruyama@unixuser.org>
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11This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH[0] to Linux and other
12Unices.
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14OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's sample
15implementation with all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to
16external libraries), all known security bugs fixed, new features
17reintroduced and many other clean-ups.  OpenSSH has been created by
18Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt,
19and Dug Song. It has a homepage at http://www.openssh.com/
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21This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
22support, EGD[1]/PRNGD[2] support and replacements for OpenBSD library
23functions that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port
24has been best tested on AIX, Cygwin, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS/X,
25NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris, Unicos, and UnixWare.
26
27This version actively tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
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29The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of
30commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
31all logins, not just when using password authentication.
32
33OpenSSH depends on Zlib[3], OpenSSL[4] and optionally PAM[5].
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35There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please
36refer to http://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join.
37
38Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list
39openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is open to posting by
40unsubscribed users.Code contribution are welcomed, but please follow the
41OpenBSD style guidelines[6].
42
43Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install
44OpenSSH on your system. There are a number of differences between this
45port of OpenSSH and F-Secure SSH 1.x, please refer to the OpenSSH FAQ[7]
46for details and general tips.
47
48Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
49
50Miscellania -
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52This version of OpenSSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD
53CVS repository which in turn was based on the last free sample
54implementation released by Tatu Ylonen.
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56References -
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58[0] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
59[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
60[2] http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html
61[3] http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
62[4] http://www.openssl.org/
63[5] http://www.openpam.org
64    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
65    (PAM also is standard on Solaris and HP-UX 11)
66[6] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9
67[7] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
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