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Damien Miller5bbbd361999-11-19 07:56:21 +1100[diff] [blame]1This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH to Linux and other
2Unices.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]3
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]4OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]5all patent-encumbered algorithms removed (to external libraries), all
6known security bugs fixed, new features reintroduced and many other
7clean-ups. More information about SSH itself can be found in the file
8README.Ylonen. OpenSSH has been created by Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck,
9Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and Dug Song. It has a
10homepage at http://www.openssh.com/
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]11
Damien Miller56825a11999-11-11 10:50:04 +1100[diff] [blame]12This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]13support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, SOCKS support (using
14the Dante [6] libraries and replacements for OpenBSD library functions
15that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port has been
16best tested on Linux, Solaris, HPUX, NetBSD and Irix. Support for AIX,
17SCO, NeXT and other Unices is underway. This version actively tracks
18changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]19
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]20The PAM support is now more functional than the popular packages of
21commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
Damien Miller7df20e21999-11-12 16:06:47 +1100[diff] [blame]22all logins, not just when using password authentication.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]23
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]24All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very
Damien Miller74389c91999-11-09 15:03:01 +1100[diff] [blame]25liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in
Damien Miller04f80141999-11-19 15:32:34 +1100[diff] [blame]26bsd-*.[ch] is from the OpenBSD project and has its own license (again,
27see the source files for details).
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]28
Damien Miller8bdeee21999-12-30 15:50:54 +1100[diff] [blame]29OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4] and
30Dante[6]. To build the GNOME[5] pass-phrase requester
31(--with-gnome-askpass), you will need the GNOME libraries installed.
32If you are building OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a kernel random
33number pool (/dev/random), you will need to install EGD[1].
Damien Miller74389c91999-11-09 15:03:01 +1100[diff] [blame]34
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]35There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please
36refer to http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/list.html for details on how
37to join.
Damien Millera4195281999-11-12 14:11:10 +1100[diff] [blame]38
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]39Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list
40openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is currently open to posting by
41unsubscribed users.
Damien Miller6ae00d61999-12-14 15:43:03 +1100[diff] [blame]42
Damien Millerb5f89271999-11-12 14:35:58 +1100[diff] [blame]43Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]44OpenSSH on your system. The UPGRADING document details differences
45between this port of OpenSSH and F-Secure SSH 1.x.
Damien Miller7df20e21999-11-12 16:06:47 +1100[diff] [blame]46
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]47Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au>
48Internet Business Solutions
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]49
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]50Miscellania -
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]51
Damien Miller5ffa6441999-10-30 11:30:35 +1000[diff] [blame]52This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]53repository which in turn was based on the last free
Damien Millera5cec581999-11-09 15:05:11 +1100[diff] [blame]54version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen.
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]55
Damien Millerf20c2aa2000-01-06 20:28:41 +1100[diff] [blame]56Code in bsd-misc.[ch] and gnome-ssh-askpass.c is Copyright 1999 Damien
57Miller & Internet Business Solutions and is released under a X11-style
Damien Millera5cec581999-11-09 15:05:11 +1100[diff] [blame]58license (see source files for details).
Damien Millerd4a8b7e1999-10-27 13:42:43 +1000[diff] [blame]59
Damien Miller356a0b01999-11-08 15:30:59 +1100[diff] [blame]60References -
61
Damien Miller56825a11999-11-11 10:50:04 +1100[diff] [blame]62[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
63[2] http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/
64[3] http://www.openssl.org/
65[4] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (PAM is standard on Solaris)
66[5] http://www.gnome.org/
Damien Miller8bdeee21999-12-30 15:50:54 +1100[diff] [blame]67[6] http://www.inet.no/dante
Damien Millera5cec581999-11-09 15:05:11 +1100[diff] [blame]68