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authorDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>1999-10-28 15:46:27 +1000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>1999-10-28 15:46:27 +1000
commit29b5a590f2835129efbfa8769dcb8adf071b9b87 (patch)
tree149e0dc57482a007a4462552c39377445979fda9
parent01ab4a25c84cdfba15c1c781ef93d24285d76eb5 (diff)
downloadopenssh-git-29b5a590f2835129efbfa8769dcb8adf071b9b87.tar.gz
Doc updates
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--README.openssh49
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index db7b0ff2..d9d30708 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
- Fixed autoconf script to detect PAM on RH6.1
- Added tests for libpwdb, and OpenBSD functions to autoconf
- Released 1.2pre4
+
+ - Imported latest OpenBSD CVS code
+ - Updated README.openssh
+
19991027
- Adapted PAM patch.
- Released 1.0pre2
diff --git a/README.openssh b/README.openssh
index b5c9b5d9..c0d817ab 100644
--- a/README.openssh
+++ b/README.openssh
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
This is a Linux port of OpenBSD's excellent OpenSSH.
-OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with all
-patent-encumbered algorithms removed, all known security bugs fixed, new
-features reintroduced and many other clean-ups.
-
-This Linux port basically consists of a few fixes to deal with the way that
-OpenSSL is usually installed on Linux systems, a few replacements for
-OpenBSD library functions and the introduction of partial PAM support.
-
-The PAM support is less than optimal - it is only used when password
-authentication is requested, so things like pam_limits will not apply if a
-user authenticates with a RSA key. OTOH this is exactly the level of support
-that the popular Linux SSH packages have. Perhaps a PAM hacker can rectify
-this?
-
-All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very liberal.
-This code is released with no warranties of any kind, neither I nor my
-employer (Internet Business Solutions) will take any responsibility for
-any loss, damage or liability arising from the use or abuse of this software.
-
-OpenSSH depends on Zlib, OpenSSL and PAM. Use the Makefile.GNU to build it.
+OpenSSH is based on the last free version of Tatu Ylonen's SSH with
+all patent-encumbered algorithms removed, all known security bugs
+fixed, new features reintroduced and many other clean-ups.
+
+This Linux port basically consists of a few fixes to deal with the way
+that OpenSSL is usually installed on Linux systems, a few replacements
+for OpenBSD library functions and the introduction of partial PAM
+support.
+
+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. This code is
+very new and needs further testing. I have also added basic libpwdb
+support (detected by autoconf).
+
+All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very
+liberal. This code is released with no warranties of any kind,
+neither I nor my employer (Internet Business Solutions) will take any
+responsibility for any loss, damage or liability arising from the use
+or abuse of this software.
+
+OpenSSH depends on Zlib, OpenSSL and PAM and optionally libpwdb. It now
+uses autoconf to build thanks to Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com>
Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au>
Internet Business Solutions
@@ -29,12 +32,14 @@ Credits -
The OpenBSD team
'jonchen' - the original author of PAM support of SSH
+Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com> - Autoconf and build fixes
Miscellania -
This version of SSH is based upon code retrieved from the OpenBSD CVS
-repository on 1999-10-26 patched by Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au>, which
-in turn was based on the last free version of SSH released by Tatu Ylonen.
+repository on 1999-10-26 patched by Damien Miller <djm@ibs.com.au>,
+which in turn was based on the last free version of SSH released by
+Tatu Ylonen.
Code in helper.[ch] is Copyright 1999 Internet Business Solutions and
is released under a X11-style license (see source file for details).