X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/b2344d54c592e01257c19d86a3e6bcf1feae1ee5..1853d1ef0d12e0942aca46cf9e6af2c69804d0a7:/README diff --git a/README b/README index f60f5960..75269c81 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,77 +1,66 @@ -This is the Unix port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH. +- A Japanese translation of this document and of the OpenSSH FAQ is +- available at http://www.unixuser.org/~haruyama/security/openssh/index.html +- Thanks to HARUYAMA Seigo -OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with -all patent-encumbered algorithms removed, all known security bugs -fixed, new features reintroduced and many other clean-ups. More -information about SSH itself can be found in the file README.Ylonen. +This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH[0] to Linux and other +Unices. + +OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's sample +implementation with all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to +external libraries), all known security bugs fixed, new features +reintroduced and many other clean-ups. OpenSSH has been created by +Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, +and Dug Song. It has a homepage at http://www.openssh.com/ This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM -support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, and replacements for -OpenBSD library functions that are (regrettably) absent from most -other unices. The only well tested platform currently is Linux, though -some Solaris support is beginning to filter in. This version actively -tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository. +support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1]/PRNGD[2] support and replacements +for OpenBSD library functions that are (regrettably) absent from other +unices. This port has been best tested on Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, NetBSD +and Irix. Support for AIX, SCO, NeXT and other Unices is underway. +This version actively tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository. The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for all logins, not just when using password authentication. -All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very -liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in -strlcpy.c and mktemp.c is from the OpenBSD project and has its own -license (again, see source file for details). - -OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4]. To build -the GNOME[5] pass-phrase requester (--with-gnome-askpass), you will -need the GNOME libraries installed. If you are building OpenSSH on a -Unix which lacks a kernel random number pool (/dev/random), you will -need to install EGD[1]. +OpenSSH depends on Zlib[3], OpenSSL[4] and optionally PAM[5]. -There is now a mailing list for this port of OpenSSH. To -subscribe, send a message consisting of the word 'SUBSCRIBE' to -openssh-unix-dev-request@mindrot.org. This mailing list is intended -for developers. - -Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install -OpenSSH on your system. +There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please +refer to http://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join. -OpenSSH is developed primarily on Linux, but I am including patches -which improve compatability with other unices. The beginnings of -Solaris support have already been included. +Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list +openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is open to posting by +unsubscribed users. -Damien Miller -Internet Business Solutions +If you are a citizen of an USA-embargoed country to which export of +cryptographic products is restricted, then please refrain from sending +crypto-related code or patches to the list. We cannot accept them. +Other code contribution are accepted, but please follow the OpenBSD +style guidelines[6]. -Credits - +Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install +OpenSSH on your system. There are a number of differences between this +port of OpenSSH and F-Secure SSH 1.x, please refer to the OpenSSH FAQ[7] +for details and general tips. -The OpenBSD team -'jonchen' - the original author of PAM support of SSH -Dan Brosemer - Autoconf and build fixes & Debian scripts -Niels Kristian Bech Jensen - Makefile patch -Nalin Dahyabhai - PAM environment patch -Phil Hands - Debian scripts, assorted patches -Niels Kristian Bech Jensen - Makefile patches -Marc G. Fournier - Solaris patches -Thomas Neumann - Shadow passwords +Damien Miller Miscellania - -This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS -repository on 1999-11-09 which in turn was based on the last free -version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen. - -Code in helper.[ch] and gnome-ssh-askpass.c is Copyright 1999 -Internet Business Solutions and is released under a X11-style -license (see source files for details). - -(A)RC4 code in rc4.[ch] is Copyright 1999 Damien Miller. It too is -under a X11-style license (see source file for details). +This version of OpenSSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD +CVS repository which in turn was based on the last free sample +implementation released by Tatu Ylonen. References - +[0] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html [1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ -[2] http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ -[3] http://www.openssl.org/ -[4] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (PAM is standard on Solaris) -[5] http://www.gnome.org/ - +[2] http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html +[3] http://www.gzip.org/zlib/ +[4] http://www.openssl.org/ +[5] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (PAM is standard on Solaris + and HP-UX 11) +[6] http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9 +[7] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html + +$Id$