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-See http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-6.8 for the release notes.
+See https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html#8.3p1 for the release notes.
-- 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 <haruyama@unixuser.org>
+Please read https://www.openssh.com/report.html for bug reporting
+instructions and note that we do not use Github for bug reporting or
+patch/pull-request management.
This is the port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH[0] to Linux and other
Unices.
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ 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/
+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,
-NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris, Unicos, and UnixWare.
+FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenServer, Solaris and UnixWare.
This version actively tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository.
@@ -26,40 +26,27 @@ 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.
-OpenSSH depends on Zlib[3], OpenSSL[4] and optionally PAM[5].
-
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.
+refer to https://www.openssh.com/list.html for details on how to join.
-Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list
-openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. The list is open to posting by
-unsubscribed users.Code contribution are welcomed, but please follow the
-OpenBSD style guidelines[6].
+Please send bug reports and patches to https://bugzilla.mindrot.org or
+the mailing list openssh-unix-dev@mindrot.org. To mitigate spam, the
+list only allows posting from subscribed addresses. Code contribution
+are welcomed, but please follow the OpenBSD style guidelines[1].
-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.
+Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on dependencies and
+how to install OpenSSH on your system.
Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>
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] http://www.openssh.com/faq.html
-[1] http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/
-[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.openpam.org
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
- (PAM also 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
+[0] https://www.openssh.com/
+[1] https://man.openbsd.org/style.9
-$Id: README,v 1.87 2014/08/10 01:35:06 djm Exp $