[rescue] SGI fw_sshd and security

Sheldon T. Hall shel at cmhcsys.com
Fri Mar 5 16:04:26 CST 2004


Jonathan Patschke wrote ...
> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Mike Meredith wrote:
>
> > Hmm ... "ldd /usr/freeware/sbin/sshd" shows that "libwrap" is a required
> > library, so it's included in my Freeware install.
>
> They dynamically-linked a security library?
>
> Gah, I knew the SGI Freeware maintainers were about as smart as a box of
> rocks, but that's just -lame!-

Not to mention that the OpenSSH tardist available on the main page is
3.7.1.p2 (alleged to be OK) while the one in the CD image is 3.6.1.p1, which
ain't.

Three guesses as to which one I'm running ... for the next few minutes.

-Shel



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