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Date:      Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:51:57 -0600
From:      "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>
To:        "Guy Helmer" <ghelmer@palisadesys.com>
Cc:        <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/secure/usr.sbin/sshd Makefile
Message-ID:  <018101c1cf7f$86f601b0$d800a8c0@dwcjr>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203191253290.12151-100000@magellan.palisadesys.com>

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> > Basically the portable would require less hacking to run on freebsd.
They
> > are Both from OpenBSD so there shouldn't be any disadvantage.
>
> The "portable" openssh contains extra code to support other non-BSD O/S's.
> To me, this implies the portable openssh contains code we don't need and
> it may have security implications.  I see this as a disadvantage.

You could also argue that it also contains extra code for other BSD O/S's
that OpenBSD does not need.


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