| | 1 | [ A Japanese translation of this document is available at |
| | 2 | [ http://www.unixuser.org/%7Eharuyama/security/openssh/index.html |
| | 3 | [ Thanks to HARUYAMA Seigo <haruyama@nt.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH to Linux and other |
| | 6 | Unices. |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with |
| | 9 | all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to external libraries), all |
| | 10 | known security bugs fixed, new features reintroduced and many other |
| | 11 | clean-ups. More information about SSH itself can be found in the file |
| | 12 | README.Ylonen. OpenSSH has been created by Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, |
| | 13 | Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song. It has a |
| | 14 | homepage at http://www.openssh.com/ |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM |
| | 17 | support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, SOCKS support (using |
| | 18 | the Dante [6] libraries and replacements for OpenBSD library functions |
| | 19 | that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port has been |
| | 20 | best tested on Linux, Solaris, HPUX, NetBSD and Irix. Support for AIX, |
| | 21 | SCO, NeXT and other Unices is underway. This version actively tracks |
| | 22 | changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository. |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of |
| | 25 | commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for |
| | 26 | all logins, not just when using password authentication. |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very |
| | 29 | liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in |
| | 30 | bsd-*.[ch] is from the OpenBSD project and has its own license (again, |
| | 31 | see the source files for details). |
| | 32 | |
| | 33 | OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4] and |
| | 34 | Dante[6]. To build the GNOME[5] pass-phrase requester |
| | 35 | (--with-gnome-askpass), you will need the GNOME libraries installed. |
| | 36 | If you are building OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a kernel random |
| | 37 | number pool (/dev/random), you will need to install EGD[1]. |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please |
| | 40 | refer to http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/list.html for details on how |
| | 41 | to join. |
| | 42 | |
| | 43 | Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list |
| | 44 | openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is currently open to posting by |
| | 45 | unsubscribed users. |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install |
| | 48 | OpenSSH on your system. The UPGRADING document details differences |
| | 49 | between this port of OpenSSH and F-Secure SSH 1.x. |
| | 50 | |
| | 51 | Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au> |
| | 52 | Internet Business Solutions |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | Miscellania - |
| | 55 | |
| | 56 | This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS |
| | 57 | repository which in turn was based on the last free |
| | 58 | version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen. |
| | 59 | |
| | 60 | Code in bsd-misc.[ch] and gnome-ssh-askpass.c is Copyright 1999 Damien |
| | 61 | Miller & Internet Business Solutions and is released under a X11-style |
| | 62 | license (see source files for details). |
| | 63 | |
| | 64 | References - |
| | 65 | |
| | 66 | [1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ |
| | 67 | [2] http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ |
| | 68 | [3] http://www.openssl.org/ |
| | 69 | [4] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (PAM is standard on Solaris) |
| | 70 | [5] http://www.gnome.org/ |
| | 71 | [6] http://www.inet.no/dante |
| | 72 | |
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