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1*ba1276acSMatthew DillonSee https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#9.8p1 for the release
2*ba1276acSMatthew Dillonnotes.
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4ce74bacaSMatthew DillonPlease read https://www.openssh.com/report.html for bug reporting
5e9778795SPeter Avalosinstructions and note that we do not use Github for bug reporting or
6e9778795SPeter Avalospatch/pull-request management.
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818de8d7fSPeter AvalosThis is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH[0] to Linux and other
918de8d7fSPeter AvalosUnices.
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1118de8d7fSPeter AvalosOpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's sample
1218de8d7fSPeter Avalosimplementation with all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to
1318de8d7fSPeter Avalosexternal libraries), all known security bugs fixed, new features
1418de8d7fSPeter Avalosreintroduced and many other clean-ups.  OpenSSH has been created by
1518de8d7fSPeter AvalosAaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt,
16ce74bacaSMatthew Dillonand Dug Song. It has a homepage at https://www.openssh.com/
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1818de8d7fSPeter AvalosThis port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
190cbfa66cSDaniel Fojtsupport, EGD/PRNGD support and replacements for OpenBSD library
2018de8d7fSPeter Avalosfunctions that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port
2118de8d7fSPeter Avaloshas been best tested on AIX, Cygwin, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS/X,
22664f4763SzrjFreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris and UnixWare.
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2418de8d7fSPeter AvalosThis version actively tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
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2618de8d7fSPeter AvalosThe PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of
2718de8d7fSPeter Avaloscommercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
2818de8d7fSPeter Avalosall logins, not just when using password authentication.
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3018de8d7fSPeter AvalosThere is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please
31ce74bacaSMatthew Dillonrefer to https://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join.
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330cbfa66cSDaniel FojtPlease send bug reports and patches to https://bugzilla.mindrot.org or
340cbfa66cSDaniel Fojtthe mailing list openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org.  To mitigate spam, the
350cbfa66cSDaniel Fojtlist only allows posting from subscribed addresses.  Code contribution
360cbfa66cSDaniel Fojtare welcomed, but please follow the OpenBSD style guidelines[1].
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380cbfa66cSDaniel FojtPlease refer to the INSTALL document for information on dependencies and
390cbfa66cSDaniel Fojthow to install OpenSSH on your system.
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4118de8d7fSPeter AvalosDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
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4318de8d7fSPeter AvalosMiscellania -
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450cbfa66cSDaniel FojtThis version of OpenSSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS
460cbfa66cSDaniel Fojtrepository which in turn was based on the last free sample implementation
470cbfa66cSDaniel Fojtreleased by Tatu Ylonen.
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4918de8d7fSPeter AvalosReferences -
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51ce74bacaSMatthew Dillon[0] https://www.openssh.com/
520cbfa66cSDaniel Fojt[1] https://man.openbsd.org/style.9
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