Chapter 2. Building OpenSSH

OpenSSH is a free, BSD-style license, implementation of the Secure Shell protocols. OpenSSH is designed for strong authentication, for improved privacy, and for secure X11 sessions. OpenSSH is developed on and for the OpenBSD operating system by the OpenBSD group. The OpenSSH portability team then transforms the OpenBSD version into the portable version that supports many UNIX-derived operating systems, including the Solaris OE and the Linux operating system.

Components

Several components must be present before you can build OpenSSH. These components must either be installed individually or as part of the Solaris OE. The following components are needed:

  • Solaris OE build machine

  • gzip

  • ANSI C compiler

  • Perl

  • Zlib

  • Entropy source ...

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