ANNOUNCE: openssh-1.2.1pre25

[Damien Miller]

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1.2.1pre25 is out. Please use a mirror:

http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/files/MIRRORS.html

The following mirrors already have it:

ftp://ftp.localhost.ca/pub/openssh/files/
ftp://thermo.stat.ncsu.edu/pub/openssh/files/
http://www.firedrake.org/openssh/files/

Changes:

- - "Corrupted check bytes on input" when using triple DES has been 
  fixed

- - Added support for directory based lastlogs. This should make Irix
  as functional as the other platforms. 

- - Compilation fixes

- - Documentation updates

- - ssh-agent now properly cleans up after itself. 

- - Beginnings of SCO support

Open Issues:

- - manpages on Solaris and other platforms

- - AIX status is unknown

- - snprintf for NeXT and older Solaris systems

- - Older Linux systems lack the poll() function. Replacement needed.

- - Connection stalls over forwarded connections

- - Hang on logout. Refer to TODO for details.

Detailed changelog:

20000107
 - New config.sub and config.guess to fix problems on SCO. Supplied
   by Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>
 - SCO build fix from Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>

20000106
 - Documentation update & cleanup
 - Better KrbIV / AFS detection, based on patch from:
   Holger Trapp <Holger.Trapp at Informatik.TU-Chemnitz.DE>

20000105
 - Fixed annoying DES corruption problem. libcrypt has been 
   overriding symbols in libcrypto. Removed libcrypt and crypt.h
   altogether (libcrypto includes its own crypt(1) replacement)
 - Added platform-specific rules for Irix 6.x. Included warning that
   they are untested.

20000103
 - Add explicit make rules for files proccessed by fixpaths.
 - Fix "make install" in RPM spec files. Report from Tenkou N. Hattori  
   <tnh at kondara.org>
 - Removed "nullok" directive from default PAM configuration files. 
   Added information on enabling EmptyPasswords on openssh+PAM in 
   UPGRADING file.
 - OpenBSD CVS updates
   - [ssh-agent.c]
     cleanup_exit() for SIGTERM/SIGHUP, too. from fgsch@ and 
     dgaudet at arctic.org
   - [sshconnect.c]
     compare correct version for 1.3 compat mode

20000102
 - Prevent multiple inclusion of config.h and defines.h. Suggested
   by Andre Lucas <andre.lucas at dial.pipex.com>
 - Properly clean up on exit of ssh-agent. Patch from Dean Gaudet
   <dgaudet at arctic.org>

19991231
 - Added support for directory-based lastlogs
 - Really fix typedefs, patch from Ben Taylor <bent at clark.net>

Regards,
Damien Miller

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| Email: djm at mindrot.org (home) -or- djm at ibs.com.au (work)



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