Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 02:09:44 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Arvinn_L=F8kkebakken?= <arvinn@rns.no> To: "JP Villa (Datafull.com)" <root@datafull.com>, "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" <des@ofug.org> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re[2]: openssh OR openssh-portable Message-ID: <002501c21e38$1be59db0$0201a8c0@dus> References: <3D1AD7C4.9020909@cerint.pl> <xzp6604x5ue.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no><41256714305.20020627163946@datafull.com> <xzpbs9wv172.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> "JP Villa (Datafull.com)" <root@datafull.com> writes: > > I think the original question was pointing to this too, > > so I rephrase: openssh or openssh-portable? or maybe > > openssh 3.4 properly merged on a production codebase? and > > in that case, when? > > In my opinion, the latter is the best option, but it's your machine > and your call. Jacques Vidrine has the final word in this matter, and > I can't speak for him, but I expect 3.4 will hit -STABLE (and > hopefully the security branches) sometime next week. > I still don't understand the difference. According to the OpenSSH's website the portable version is for other operating systems (than OpenBSD i assume). Why is it then possible to use the "not portable" version of OpenSSH on FreeBSD? "Managing the distribution of OpenSSH is split into two teams. One team does strictly OpenBSD-based development, aiming to produce code that is as clean, simple, and secure as possible. The other team takes the clean version and makes it portable, so that it will run on many operating systems (these are known as the p releases, and named like "OpenSSH 3.3p1"). Please click on the provided link for your operating system." By reading this I understand that the p release (openssh-portable) is not as clean as the other one. What are the benefits running the p release on FreeBSD systems when both releases works? This is rather confusing for a newbie like me. Sorry if I'm bothering everyone by asking questions that has been answered a billion times before. Arvinn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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