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 - remove duplication of dependency information (it's all in INSTALL).
 - SSHFP is now an RFC.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion INSTALL
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Replacing /etc/ssh with the correct path to the configuration directory.
(${prefix}/etc or whatever you specified with --sysconfdir during
configuration)
configuration).

If you have configured OpenSSH with EGD support, ensure that EGD is
running and has collected some Entropy.
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28 changes: 9 additions & 19 deletions README
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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt,
and Dug Song. It has a homepage at https://www.openssh.com/

This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM
support, EGD[1]/PRNGD[2] support and replacements for OpenBSD library
support, EGD/PRNGD support and replacements for OpenBSD library
functions that are (regrettably) absent from other unices. This port
has been best tested on AIX, Cygwin, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS/X,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris and UnixWare.
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commercial ssh-1.2.x. It checks "account" and "session" modules for
all logins, not just when using password authentication.

OpenSSH depends on Zlib[3], OpenSSL[4], and optionally PAM[5] and
libedit[6]

There is now several mailing lists for this port of OpenSSH. Please
refer to https://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join.

Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list
[email protected]. The list is open to posting by unsubscribed
users. Code contribution are welcomed, but please follow the OpenBSD
style guidelines[7].
style guidelines[1].

Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install
OpenSSH on your system.
Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on dependencies and
how to install OpenSSH on your system.

Damien Miller <[email protected]>

Miscellania -

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.
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] https://www.openssh.com/
[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
[2] http://prngd.sourceforge.net/
[3] https://www.zlib.net/
[4] https://www.openssl.org/
[5] https://www.openpam.org
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
(PAM also is standard on Solaris and HP-UX 11)
[6] https://thrysoee.dk/editline/ (portable version)
[7] https://man.openbsd.org/style.9
[1] https://man.openbsd.org/style.9

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How to verify host keys using OpenSSH and DNS
---------------------------------------------

OpenSSH contains support for verifying host keys using DNS as described in
draft-ietf-secsh-dns-05.txt. The document contains very brief instructions
on how to use this feature. Configuring DNS is out of the scope of this
document.
OpenSSH contains support for verifying host keys using DNS as described
in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4255. The document contains very brief
instructions on how to use this feature. Configuring DNS is out of the
scope of this document.


(1) Server: Generate and publish the DNS RR
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