Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:08:55 -0400 From: Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just wondering, regarding OpenSSH. Message-ID: <42D95B47.5050503@wingfoot.org> In-Reply-To: <42D95779.4040305@wingfoot.org> References: <42D95779.4040305@wingfoot.org>
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Glenn Sieb said the following on 7/16/2005 2:52 PM:
> Are there any plans for updating the openssh port to something newer
> than 3.6.1? The site shows they're up to 4.1 now.
>
> These lousy dictionary attacks keep happening, and could easily be
> quashed to a degree if the openssh we had would support the
> MaxAuthTries feature in sshd_config.
>
> I'm just curious if I should wait for this, or if I should just go
> ahead and update my openssh to something newer? (I'm on FreeBSD 4.11)
Eek. And, of course, now I see that openssh-portable is what I'm
probably looking for.
Thanks anywho, everyone. :-)
Best,
--Glenn
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