Update OpenSSH FAQ to revision 1.112.

author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> 2011-09-07 10:32:23 +0100
committer: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> 2011-09-07 10:32:23 +0100
commit: cf73467befafd81a2769cd6757bcd5df3efc0ca2 (patch)
tree: 2a784aa88a3f665ac67261650b931349fe201f6f
parent: a366b0d004f4b371c788df8884e167957fc5bf64 (diff)
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 108d915bb..938c7fc9c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ openssh (1:5.9p1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
    - Clean up lost-passphrase text in ssh-keygen(1) (closes: #444691).
    - Say "required" rather than "recommended" in unprotected-private-key
      warning (LP: #663455).
+  * Update OpenSSH FAQ to revision 1.112.
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:16:33 +0100
diff --git a/debian/faq.html b/debian/faq.html
index 812234d2f..f856fa382 100644
--- a/debian/faq.html
+++ b/debian/faq.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <meta name= "description"   content= "the OpenSSH FAQ page">
 <meta name= "keywords"      content= "OpenSSH,SSH,Secure Shell,faq">
 <meta name= "distribution"  content= "global">
-<meta name= "copyright"     content= "This document copyright 1999-2005 OpenBSD.">
+<meta name= "copyright"     content= "This document copyright 1999-2010 OpenBSD.">
 </head>
 <body bgcolor= "#ffffff" text= "#000000" link= "#23238E">
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 <h1>OpenSSH FAQ (Frequently asked questions)</h1>
-<strong>Date: 2005/09/20</strong>
 <hr>
 <blockquote>
@@ -78,14 +76,13 @@
 <h2><a name= "1.1">1.1 - What is OpenSSH and where can I download it?</a></h2>
-<p>
+OpenSSH provides end-to-end encrypted replacement of applications such as
-OpenSSH is a <b>FREE</b> version of the SSH suite of network connectivity 
+telnet, rlogin, and ftp.
-tools that increasing numbers of people on the Internet are coming to 
+Unlike these legacy applications, OpenSSH never passes anything
-rely on. Many users of telnet, rlogin, ftp, and other such programs might 
+(including username and password) over the wire in unencrypted form, and
-not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet 
+provides host authentication, to verify that you really are talking to
-unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords)
+the system that you think you are and that no one else can take over
-to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, 
+that session.
-and other network-level attacks.
 <p>
 The OpenSSH suite includes the 
@@ -126,17 +123,25 @@ ssh_config(5)</a></i> and individual users' <i>$HOME/.ssh/config</i> files.
 <h3>Downloading</h3>
 <p>
-OpenSSH comes in two downloadable distributions: the native <a
+The most recent version of OpenSSH is included with the current
-href="http://www.openssh.org/openbsd.html">OpenBSD</a> distribution and the multi-platform
+distribution of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>, and
-<a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html">Portable</a> distribution.  If you want
+installed as part of a basic install.
-OpenSSH for a recent OpenBSD or integration into a product, you
-probably want the <a href="http://www.openssh.org/openbsd.html">OpenBSD</a> distribution.
-If you want OpenSSH for another platform, or an older OpenBSD, you
-probably want the <a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html">Portable</a> distribution.
 <p>
-When downloading, please use a <a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html#mirrors">mirror</a>
+Today, most other operating systems include some version of OpenSSH
-near you.
+(often re-badged or privately labeled), so most users can immediately
+use it.
+However, sometimes the included versions are quite old, and missing
+features of the current release of OpenSSH, and you may wish to install
+the current version, or install it on one of the few OSs that lacked it,
+and where the OS publisher does not make a modern version available.
+You may also wish to use OpenSSH on your embedded application.
+<p>
+Non-OpenBSD users will want to download, compile and install the
+multi-platform <a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html">Portable</a> distribution from a
+<a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html#mirrors">mirror</a> near you.
 <h2><a name= "1.2">1.2 - Why should it be used?</a></h2>
@@ -735,7 +740,7 @@ unless you specifically wish to allow empty passwords.
 in</a></h2>
 <p>
-Large delays (more that 10 seconds) are typically caused a problem with
+Large delays (more than 10 seconds) are typically caused by a problem with
 name resolution:
 <ul>
 <li>Some versions of glibc (notably glibc 2.1 shipped with Red Hat 6.1)
@@ -1176,7 +1181,7 @@ sshd on an AIX 5.x system and using that.
 <a href="http://www.openssh.org/index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt=OpenSSH></a>
 <a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
 <br>
-<small>$OpenBSD: faq.html,v 1.110 2009/11/23 23:38:17 dtucker Exp $</small>
+<small>$OpenBSD: faq.html,v 1.112 2010/09/15 02:41:42 nick Exp $</small>
 </body>
 </html>
author	Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>	2011-09-07 10:32:23 +0100
committer	Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>	2011-09-07 10:32:23 +0100
commit	cf73467befafd81a2769cd6757bcd5df3efc0ca2 (patch)
tree	2a784aa88a3f665ac67261650b931349fe201f6f
parent	a366b0d004f4b371c788df8884e167957fc5bf64 (diff)