Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:03:29 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net>, Mark Peek <mp@freebsd.org>, Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: workaround for VMware WS NAT bug triggered by OpenSSH 7.8p1 changes Message-ID: <201812230803.wBN83TL0045135@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> of "Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:36:46 %2B0100." <861s681ypd.fsf@next.des.no>
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In message <861s681ypd.fsf@next.des.no>, =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rg rav?= w rites: > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> writes: > > Add it to ssh_config or sshd_config if one must but have VMware fix > > their bugs. Putting workarounds in our O/S to work around a bug in some > > other vendor's virtualization is something I don't support. > > It's something we do *all the time*. Otherwise we'd just be a toy OS > that hobbyists played with in the weekends on an old spare machine they > keep in a basement closet. Hmmm. I guess Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be a toy OS then. > > > If we must > > add the #ifdefs to our ssh, then add an UPDATING entry to say that to > > enable it put VMWARE_GUEST_WORKAROUND or however we choose to enable it > > in src.conf. > > Then it's useless. No. We do like Red Hat does. Advise the customer to use a workaround until the other vendor fixes their code. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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