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4f6716dc | 1 | This is the Unix port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH. |
8efc0c15 | 2 | |
97784962 | 3 | OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with |
4 | all patent-encumbered algorithms removed, all known security bugs | |
5 | fixed, new features reintroduced and many other clean-ups. | |
8efc0c15 | 6 | |
4f6716dc | 7 | This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM |
8 | support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, and replacements for | |
9 | OpenBSD library functions that are (regrettably) absent from most | |
10 | other unices. The only well tested platform currently is Linux, though | |
11 | some Solaris support is beginning to filter in. This version actively | |
12 | tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository. | |
8efc0c15 | 13 | |
97784962 | 14 | The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of |
15 | commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for | |
16 | all logins, not just when using password authentication. This code is | |
aa51e7cc | 17 | very new and needs further testing. |
8efc0c15 | 18 | |
97784962 | 19 | All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very |
aa51e7cc | 20 | liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in |
21 | strlcpy.c and mktemp.c is from the OpenBSD project and has its own | |
22 | license (again, see source file for details). | |
23 | ||
4f6716dc | 24 | OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4]. To build |
25 | the GNOME[5] passphrase requestor (--with-gnome-askpass), you will | |
26 | need the GNOME libraries installed. If you are building OpenSSH on a | |
27 | Unix which lacks a kernel random number pool (/dev/random), you will | |
28 | need to install EGD[1]. | |
aa51e7cc | 29 | |
c6ab4a33 | 30 | There is now a mailing list for this port of OpenSSH. To subscribe, |
31 | send a message conststing of the word 'SUBSCRIBE' to | |
32 | openssh-unix-dev-request@mindrot.org. This mailing list is intended for | |
33 | developers. | |
34 | ||
8bc7973f | 35 | Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install |
36 | OpenSSH on your system. | |
8efc0c15 | 37 | |
97784962 | 38 | Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au> |
39 | Internet Business Solutions | |
8efc0c15 | 40 | |
97784962 | 41 | Credits - |
8efc0c15 | 42 | |
97784962 | 43 | The OpenBSD team |
44 | 'jonchen' - the original author of PAM support of SSH | |
45 | Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com> - Autoconf and build fixes & Debian scripts | |
46 | Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk> - Makefile patch | |
47 | Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com> - PAM environment patch | |
d4f11b59 | 48 | Phil Hands <phil@hands.com> - Debian scripts, assorted patches |
49 | Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk> - Makefile patches | |
4f6716dc | 50 | Marc G. Fournier" <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca> - Solaris patches |
8efc0c15 | 51 | |
97784962 | 52 | Miscellania - |
8efc0c15 | 53 | |
97784962 | 54 | This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS |
4f080ebe | 55 | repository on 1999-11-09 which in turn was based on the last free |
56 | version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen. | |
8efc0c15 | 57 | |
4f080ebe | 58 | Code in helper.[ch] and gnome-ssh-askpass.c is Copyright 1999 |
59 | Internet Business Solutions and is released under a X11-style | |
60 | license (see source files for details). | |
8efc0c15 | 61 | |
97784962 | 62 | (A)RC4 code in rc4.[ch] is Copyright 1999 Damien Miller. It too is |
63 | under a X11-style license (see source file for details). | |
8efc0c15 | 64 | |
e1a9c08d | 65 | References - |
66 | ||
4f6716dc | 67 | [1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ |
68 | [2] http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ | |
69 | [3] http://www.openssl.org/ | |
70 | [4] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (PAM is standard on Solaris) | |
71 | [5] http://www.gnome.org/ | |
4f080ebe | 72 |