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Damien Miller17872522000-02-02 20:56:20 +1100[diff] [blame]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
Damien Miller5bbbd361999-11-19 07:56:21 +1100[diff] [blame]5This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH to Linux and other
6Unices.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]7
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]8OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]9all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to external libraries), all
10known security bugs fixed, new features reintroduced and many other
11clean-ups. More information about SSH itself can be found in the file
12README.Ylonen. OpenSSH has been created by Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck,
13Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song. It has a
14homepage at http://www.openssh.com/
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]15
Damien Miller56825a11999-11-11 10:50:04 +1100[diff] [blame]16This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]17support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, SOCKS support (using
18the Dante [6] libraries and replacements for OpenBSD library functions
19that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port has been
20best tested on Linux, Solaris, HPUX, NetBSD and Irix. Support for AIX,
21SCO, NeXT and other Unices is underway. This version actively tracks
22changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]23
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]24The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of
25commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
Damien Miller7df20e21999-11-12 16:06:47 +1100[diff] [blame]26all logins, not just when using password authentication.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]27
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]28All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very
Damien Miller74389c91999-11-09 15:03:01 +1100[diff] [blame]29liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in
Damien Miller04f80141999-11-19 15:32:34 +1100[diff] [blame]30bsd-*.[ch] is from the OpenBSD project and has its own license (again,
31see the source files for details).
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]32
Damien Miller8bdeee21999-12-30 15:50:54 +1100[diff] [blame]33OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4] and
34Dante[6]. To build the GNOME[5] pass-phrase requester
35(--with-gnome-askpass), you will need the GNOME libraries installed.
36If you are building OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a kernel random
37number pool (/dev/random), you will need to install EGD[1].
Damien Miller74389c91999-11-09 15:03:01 +1100[diff] [blame]38
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]39There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please
40refer to http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/list.html for details on how
41to join.
Damien Millera4195281999-11-12 14:11:10 +1100[diff] [blame]42
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]43Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list
44openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is currently open to posting by
45unsubscribed users.
Damien Miller6ae00d61999-12-14 15:43:03 +1100[diff] [blame]46
Damien Millerb5f89271999-11-12 14:35:58 +1100[diff] [blame]47Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]48OpenSSH on your system. The UPGRADING document details differences
49between this port of OpenSSH and F-Secure SSH 1.x.
Damien Miller7df20e21999-11-12 16:06:47 +1100[diff] [blame]50
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]51Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au>
52Internet Business Solutions
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]53
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]54Miscellania -
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]55
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]56This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]57repository which in turn was based on the last free
Damien Millera5cec581999-11-09 15:05:11 +1100[diff] [blame]58version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]59
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]60Code in bsd-misc.[ch] and gnome-ssh-askpass.c is Copyright 1999 Damien
61Miller & Internet Business Solutions and is released under a X11-style
Damien Millera5cec581999-11-09 15:05:11 +1100[diff] [blame]62license (see source files for details).
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]63
Damien Miller356a0b01999-11-08 15:30:59 +1100[diff] [blame]64References -
65
Damien Miller56825a11999-11-11 10:50:04 +1100[diff] [blame]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/
Damien Miller8bdeee21999-12-30 15:50:54 +1100[diff] [blame]71[6] http://www.inet.no/dante
Damien Millera5cec581999-11-09 15:05:11 +1100[diff] [blame]72