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1 GSI-OpenSSH 3.6, based on OpenSSH 4.2p1, is now available from
2
3   <ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/aces/gssapi-openssh/bundle/3.6/>
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5 For installation instructions, please see
6
7   <http://grid.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ssh/install.html>
8
9 We appreciate your feedback and help in testing this version.  Please
10 use our bugzilla system to report GSI-OpenSSH bugs:
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12   <http://bugzilla.ncsa.uiuc.edu/enter_bug.cgi?product=GSI-enabled%20OpenSSH>
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14 GSI-OpenSSH 3.6 Major changes
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16    New features
17
18       * Moved to OpenSSH 4.2p1.
19
20       * Incorporated openssh-4.2p1-gsskex-20050926-2.patch from Simon
21         Wilkinson adding support for gssapi-keyex authentication
22         method (http://www.sxw.org.uk/computing/patches/openssh.html).
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24       * Incorporated High Performance Networking (HPN) patch
25         (openssh-4.2p1-hpn11-none.diff) from Pittsburgh Supercomputing
26         Center (http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/hpn-ssh/) for
27         improved network throughput over long and high bandwidth
28         links.
29
30       * Enabled PAM password authentication by default, unless PAM
31         library and headers are unusable.
32
33    Bugs fixed
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35       * Only delegate credentials if GSI authentication is used.
36         http://bugzilla.ncsa.uiuc.edu/show_bug.cgi?id=300
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38 Please note that the configure script included in OpenSSH 4.2p1 checks
39 ZLIB_VERSION in zlib.h for zlib versions with known vulnerabilities.
40 See <http://www.zlib.net/> for details on zlib vulnerabilities.  The
41 current acceptable versions of zlib are 1.1.4 and 1.2.3.  In cases
42 where your vendor has not provided a secure version of zlib, please
43 install the latest version of zlib in an alternate path and set the
44 --with-zlib GSI_OPENSSH_GPTMACRO option.  For example:
45
46   gpt-build -verbose gsi_openssh_bundle-3.6-src.tar.gz gcc32dbg \
47     GSI_OPENSSH_GPTMACRO="--with-zlib=/usr/local/zlib-1.2.3"
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