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Date:      Sun, 23 Dec 2018 08:36:46 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
Cc:        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:  <861s681ypd.fsf@next.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <201812222103.wBML3C8G053162@slippy.cwsent.com> (Cy Schubert's message of "Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:03:12 -0800")
References:  <201812222103.wBML3C8G053162@slippy.cwsent.com>

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Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> writes:
> Add it to ssh_config or sshd_config if one must but have VMware fix=20
> their bugs. Putting workarounds in our O/S to work around a bug in some=20
> 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.

> If we must=20
> add the #ifdefs to our ssh, then add an UPDATING entry to say that to=20
> enable it put VMWARE_GUEST_WORKAROUND or however we choose to enable it=20
> in src.conf.

Then it's useless.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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