From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Jan 22 14:31:24 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CD61A8CEF0; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:31:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from smtp.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9361D3E; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:31:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from desk.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 118B45FB3; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by desk.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 838974807A; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:31:22 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: HPN and None options in OpenSSH Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:31:22 +0100 Message-ID: <86mvrxvg79.fsf@desk.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:31:24 -0000 The HPN and None cipher patches have been removed from FreeBSD-CURRENT. I intend to remove them from FreeBSD-STABLE this weekend. The HPN patches were of limited usefulness and required a great deal of effort to maintain in our tree. The None cipher patch was less onerous, but it was a terrible idea with a very small user base since it was a compile-time option and off by default. The HPN-related configuration variables have been marked deprecated, while those related to the None cipher have been marked unsupported. This means that the former will be accepted with a warning, whereas the latter will result in an error. Most users will not be affected by this change. Those who are should switch to the openssh-portable port, which still offers both patches, with HPN enabled by default. It is expected that FreeBSD 10.3 will ship with OpenSSH 7.1p2, with a number of modifications intended to reduce the impact of upstream changes on existing systems. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no