Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:17:08 +0200 From: Piotr Kubaj <pkubaj@riseup.net> To: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Dropbear installed by default Message-ID: <561CBE04.1040900@riseup.net>
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Hi, I (and I think many people as well) would like to have remote access to MIPS systems (as opposed to serial-only). Although it's impossible with OpenSSH, it's quite possible with Dropbear, which I've tested personally on my 1043nd v1. I believe it would be convenient to have SSH by default, so that when you want to change your Wifi network password, you don't have unscrew your router :) As I've already patched your scripts and have Dropbear working, I can send you my patches, if you want to commit them. Also, another idea (a big one) is inclusion of Dropbear in base. AFAICS it has a MIT license, so license shouldn't be a problem. OpenSSH would still be the default, but I believe that Dropbear would be very useful to have on all MIPS boards, underpowered ARM boards (like Beaglebone Black or Raspberry Pi) and even some i386 boards (like ALIX from PC Engines). I know you don't have much time, but I think I could manage to do it myself, it's just that I don't want to do it only to find out that it can't be committed :) Bye, Piotr Kubaj.
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