diff --git a/README b/README index 4acfe7578..5cf0b4496 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ This is the Unix 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. +fixed, new features reintroduced and many other clean-ups. More +information about SSH itself can be found in the file README.Ylonen. This port consists of the re-introduction of autoconf support, PAM support (for Linux and Solaris), EGD[1] support, and replacements for @@ -13,8 +14,7 @@ tracks changes in the OpenBSD CVS repository. 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. +all logins, not just when using password authentication. All new code is released under a XFree style license, which is very liberal. Please refer to the source files for details. The code in @@ -22,19 +22,23 @@ strlcpy.c and mktemp.c is from the OpenBSD project and has its own license (again, see source file for details). OpenSSH depends on Zlib[2], OpenSSL[3] and optionally PAM[4]. To build -the GNOME[5] passphrase requestor (--with-gnome-askpass), you will +the GNOME[5] pass-phrase requester (--with-gnome-askpass), you will need the GNOME libraries installed. If you are building OpenSSH on a Unix which lacks a kernel random number pool (/dev/random), you will need to install EGD[1]. -There is now a mailing list for this port of OpenSSH. To subscribe, -send a message conststing of the word 'SUBSCRIBE' to -openssh-unix-dev-request@mindrot.org. This mailing list is intended for -developers. +There is now a mailing list for this port of OpenSSH. To +subscribe, send a message consisting of the word 'SUBSCRIBE' to +openssh-unix-dev-request@mindrot.org. This mailing list is intended +for developers. Please refer to the INSTALL document for information on how to install OpenSSH on your system. +OpenSSH is developed primarily on Linux, but I am including patches +which improve compatability with other unices. The beginnings of +Solaris support have already been included. + Damien Miller Internet Business Solutions @@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ Niels Kristian Bech Jensen - Makefile patch Nalin Dahyabhai - PAM environment patch Phil Hands - Debian scripts, assorted patches Niels Kristian Bech Jensen - Makefile patches -Marc G. Fournier" - Solaris patches +Marc G. Fournier - Solaris patches Miscellania -