alternative compression lib?

Ben Lindstrom mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org
Fri Mar 8 13:35:48 EST 2002


What is wrong with zlib?  Outside the fact that it has it's share of
badly written code. <smile>

- Ben

On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Erik Parker wrote:

>
> Has anyone looked into a way to disable zlib from openssh or perhaps find
> another library that can easily be put in place?
>
> I did read the back logs of the list, and noticed it mentioned zlib is a
> fundlemental part of the system, and can not be removed..
>
> For security sake, I wonder if there is anyway around having zlib
> installed.
>
> -Erik
>
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