Re: Important note for future FreeBSD base system OpenSSH update
Ed Maste <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 9 Sept 2021 at 14:01, Ed Maste <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is an important caveat to be aware of for the next base system > update though - I've reproduced it below (from OpenSSH's release > notes, https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html). Upstream has also made a change to have scp use the SFTP protocol by default. This will appear in OpenSSH 8.8. You can test SFTP protocol mode now by passing the -s flag to OpenSSH (in main/-CURRENT). Commit message: Author: [email protected] <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Wed Sep 8 23:31:39 2021 +0000 Commit: Damien Miller <[email protected]> CommitDate: Thu Sep 9 12:35:37 2021 +1000 upstream: Use the SFTP protocol by default. The original scp/rcp protocol remains available via the -O flag. Note that ~user/ prefixed paths in SFTP mode require a protocol extension that was first shipped in OpenSSH 8.7. ok deraadt, after baking in snaps for a while without incident _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"