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1See http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.5 for the release notes.
2
3- A Japanese translation of this document and of the OpenSSH FAQ is
4- available at http://www.unixuser.org/~haruyama/security/openssh/index.html
5- Thanks to HARUYAMA Seigo <haruyama@unixuser.org>
6
7This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH[0] to Linux and other
8Unices.
9
10OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's sample
11implementation with all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to
12external libraries), all known security bugs fixed, new features
13reintroduced and many other clean-ups.  OpenSSH has been created by
14Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt,
15and Dug Song. It has a homepage at http://www.openssh.com/
16
17This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
18support, EGD[1]/PRNGD[2] support and replacements for OpenBSD library
19functions that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port
20has been best tested on AIX, Cygwin, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS/X,
21NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris, Unicos, and UnixWare.
22
23This version actively tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
24
25The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of
26commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
27all logins, not just when using password authentication.
28
29OpenSSH depends on Zlib[3], OpenSSL[4] and optionally PAM[5].
30
31There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please
32refer to http://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join.
33
34Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list
35openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is open to posting by
36unsubscribed users.Code contribution are welcomed, but please follow the
37OpenBSD style guidelines[6].
38
39Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install
40OpenSSH on your system. There are a number of differences between this
41port of OpenSSH and F-Secure SSH 1.x, please refer to the OpenSSH FAQ[7]
42for details and general tips.
43
44Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
45
46Miscellania -
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48This version of OpenSSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD
49CVS repository which in turn was based on the last free sample
50implementation released by Tatu Ylonen.
51
52References -
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54[0] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
55[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
56[2] http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html
57[3] http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
58[4] http://www.openssl.org/
59[5] http://www.openpam.org
60    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
61    (PAM also is standard on Solaris and HP-UX 11)
62[6] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9
63[7] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
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65$Id: README,v 1.73 2010/03/21 19:11:55 djm Exp $
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