Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:03:54 -0700 (PDT) From: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> To: peter.lai@uconn.edu Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SSH.com on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020925210354.73996.qmail@web10102.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020925204750.GB17502@cowbert.2y.net>
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I guess my confusion lies in my understanding that ssh.com's server was *not* free, thus would not ever be in the ports collection. I cruised around the ssh ports and checked them out but I'm still a little shaky. Am I wrong here? SSH.com made their ssh server freely available? --- "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> wrote: > ssh.com is /usr/ports/security/ssh2 > > [sirmoo@cowbert]:/usr/ports/security/ssh2 % cat > pkg-descr > SSH Protocols and Secure Shell > > Secure Shell is the secure login program that > revolutionized remote > management of networks hosts over the Internet. It > is a powerful, > very easy-to-use program that uses strong > cryptography for protecting > all transmitted confidential data, including > passwords, binary files, > and administrative commands. > > The benefits of SSH include: > > o Automatic authentication of users, no passwords > sent in cleartext to > prevent the stealing of passwords. > o Multiple strong authentication methods that > prevent such security > threats as spoofing identity. > o Authentication of both ends of connection, the > server and the client > are authenticated to prevent identity spoofing, > trojan horses, etc. > o Automatic authentication using agents to enable > strong > authentication to multiple systems with a > single-sign-on. > o Encryption and compression of data for security > and speed. > o Secure file transfer. > o Tunneling and encryption of arbitrary connections. > > WWW: http://www.ssh.com/ > > The problem now, is that i don't know if you can do > a -D_OVERWRITE BASE > or tricks to get it to overwrite the ossh that comes > with the base install. > Someone else on -ports shoudl be able to help with > that. > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 01:39:50PM -0700, twig les > wrote: > > I'm switching this discussion to security because > I > > think it's a better fit. My bad for not doing it > to > > begin with. > > > > > ====================================================== > > Does this mean that the ssh.com server is > installed? > > I need the proprietary daemon to compile and run > > instead of OpenSSH. Someone has to have done this > > already. > > > > > > --- Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> > > wrote: > > > On 2002-09-25 11:09, twig les > <twigles@yahoo.com> > > > wrote: > > > > Has anyone compiled and run SSH.com's ssh > server > > > on > > > > FreeBSD? Specifically the boxes are running > 4.6 > > > > release (fully patched of course :) and we > will be > > > > using secureID. The base install is user > (locked > > > down > > > > from there). > > > > > > You can always use the ports :-) > > > > > > : keramida@hades[23:23]/home/keramida$ ls -ld > > > /usr/ports/security/ssh* > > > : drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Sep 13 22:16 > > > /usr/ports/security/ssh > > > : drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Sep 24 04:06 > > > /usr/ports/security/ssh-gui > > > : drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Sep 13 22:16 > > > /usr/ports/security/ssh-multiadd > > > : drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Sep 13 22:16 > > > /usr/ports/security/ssh2 > > > > > > -- > > > Famous last words: "What duck?" -- (Terry > Pratchett, > > > Soul Music) > > > > > > ===== > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Heavy metal made me do it. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of > the message > > -- > Peter C. Lai > University of Connecticut > Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology > Yale University School of Medicine > Center for Medical Informatics | Research Assistant > http://cowbert.2y.net/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of > the message ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Heavy metal made me do it. ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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