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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2011-09-07 10:32:23 +0100
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2011-09-07 10:32:23 +0100
commitcf73467befafd81a2769cd6757bcd5df3efc0ca2 (patch)
tree2a784aa88a3f665ac67261650b931349fe201f6f /debian/faq.html
parenta366b0d004f4b371c788df8884e167957fc5bf64 (diff)
Update OpenSSH FAQ to revision 1.112.
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8<meta name= "description" content= "the OpenSSH FAQ page"> 8<meta name= "description" content= "the OpenSSH FAQ page">
9<meta name= "keywords" content= "OpenSSH,SSH,Secure Shell,faq"> 9<meta name= "keywords" content= "OpenSSH,SSH,Secure Shell,faq">
10<meta name= "distribution" content= "global"> 10<meta name= "distribution" content= "global">
11<meta name= "copyright" content= "This document copyright 1999-2005 OpenBSD."> 11<meta name= "copyright" content= "This document copyright 1999-2010 OpenBSD.">
12</head> 12</head>
13 13
14<body bgcolor= "#ffffff" text= "#000000" link= "#23238E"> 14<body bgcolor= "#ffffff" text= "#000000" link= "#23238E">
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
17 17
18<h1>OpenSSH FAQ (Frequently asked questions)</h1> 18<h1>OpenSSH FAQ (Frequently asked questions)</h1>
19 19
20<strong>Date: 2005/09/20</strong>
21
22<hr> 20<hr>
23 21
24<blockquote> 22<blockquote>
@@ -78,14 +76,13 @@
78 76
79<h2><a name= "1.1">1.1 - What is OpenSSH and where can I download it?</a></h2> 77<h2><a name= "1.1">1.1 - What is OpenSSH and where can I download it?</a></h2>
80 78
81<p> 79OpenSSH provides end-to-end encrypted replacement of applications such as
82OpenSSH is a <b>FREE</b> version of the SSH suite of network connectivity 80telnet, rlogin, and ftp.
83tools that increasing numbers of people on the Internet are coming to 81Unlike these legacy applications, OpenSSH never passes anything
84rely on. Many users of telnet, rlogin, ftp, and other such programs might 82(including username and password) over the wire in unencrypted form, and
85not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet 83provides host authentication, to verify that you really are talking to
86unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) 84the system that you think you are and that no one else can take over
87to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, 85that session.
88and other network-level attacks.
89 86
90<p> 87<p>
91The OpenSSH suite includes the 88The OpenSSH suite includes the
@@ -126,17 +123,25 @@ ssh_config(5)</a></i> and individual users' <i>$HOME/.ssh/config</i> files.
126<h3>Downloading</h3> 123<h3>Downloading</h3>
127 124
128<p> 125<p>
129OpenSSH comes in two downloadable distributions: the native <a 126The most recent version of OpenSSH is included with the current
130href="http://www.openssh.org/openbsd.html">OpenBSD</a> distribution and the multi-platform 127distribution of <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a>, and
131<a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html">Portable</a> distribution. If you want 128installed as part of a basic install.
132OpenSSH for a recent OpenBSD or integration into a product, you
133probably want the <a href="http://www.openssh.org/openbsd.html">OpenBSD</a> distribution.
134If you want OpenSSH for another platform, or an older OpenBSD, you
135probably want the <a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html">Portable</a> distribution.
136 129
137<p> 130<p>
138When downloading, please use a <a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html#mirrors">mirror</a> 131Today, most other operating systems include some version of OpenSSH
139near you. 132(often re-badged or privately labeled), so most users can immediately
133use it.
134However, sometimes the included versions are quite old, and missing
135features of the current release of OpenSSH, and you may wish to install
136the current version, or install it on one of the few OSs that lacked it,
137and where the OS publisher does not make a modern version available.
138You may also wish to use OpenSSH on your embedded application.
139
140<p>
141Non-OpenBSD users will want to download, compile and install the
142multi-platform <a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html">Portable</a> distribution from a
143<a href="http://www.openssh.org/portable.html#mirrors">mirror</a> near you.
144
140 145
141<h2><a name= "1.2">1.2 - Why should it be used?</a></h2> 146<h2><a name= "1.2">1.2 - Why should it be used?</a></h2>
142 147
@@ -735,7 +740,7 @@ unless you specifically wish to allow empty passwords.
735in</a></h2> 740in</a></h2>
736 741
737<p> 742<p>
738Large delays (more that 10 seconds) are typically caused a problem with 743Large delays (more than 10 seconds) are typically caused by a problem with
739name resolution: 744name resolution:
740<ul> 745<ul>
741<li>Some versions of glibc (notably glibc 2.1 shipped with Red Hat 6.1) 746<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.
1176<a href="http://www.openssh.org/index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt=OpenSSH></a> 1181<a href="http://www.openssh.org/index.html"><img height=24 width=24 src="back.gif" border=0 alt=OpenSSH></a>
1177<a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a> 1182<a href="mailto:www@openbsd.org">www@openbsd.org</a>
1178<br> 1183<br>
1179<small>$OpenBSD: faq.html,v 1.110 2009/11/23 23:38:17 dtucker Exp $</small> 1184<small>$OpenBSD: faq.html,v 1.112 2010/09/15 02:41:42 nick Exp $</small>
1180 1185
1181</body> 1186</body>
1182</html> 1187</html>
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