Re: [SLUG] SSH

["Peter Samuel" <Peter.Samuel@nospam.ind.tansu.com.au>]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Peter Rundle wrote:

> 
> I'm looking to install SSH on Linux (and solaris). I've found a few sites
> where you can get ssh (openssh.com) but it seems like a long haul.
> 
> What's the *best* (read easiest) path to ssh nivarna?

Get openssl-0.9.5 (latest stable version) from openssl.org

Get openssl-1.2.3 from latest stable version) openssh.net

Build openssl, build openssh. I have had troubles with pam on RH5.2
with openssh. Works fine under Solaris.

WARNING WARNING WARNING
Be very careful building openssl under Solaris. The configure program
can tell if you are running on an UltraSPARC chip and will attempt to
ask the compiler for sparcv9 optimisations. If you then attempt to run
the newly built openssl (or anything that is now using those libraries
such as opsnssh or apache+mod_ssl) on a NON UltraSPARC chip, it will
fail! I beat my head against the wall for a few days over that one.

To get openssl to work under Solaris (or any system that doesn;t have
/dev/urandom) you'll need a good source of entropy. There is a perl
program called egd (entropy gathering daemon) that can de used.

See halfway down

    http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto

You should NOT need egd for Linux as it has /dev/urandom.

Regards
Peter
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