HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.30.008 and A.05.30.009 Release Notes

The syslogd daemon reads the syslog messages written by all subsystems and reports it
to the /dev/log file. In a chroot-ed environment, the sshd daemon writes its syslog
messages to <newroot>/dev/log. It is not possible to link the <newroot>/dev/log file
to the /dev/log file, resulting in users not being able to view the subset of syslog messages.
Workaround: There is no workaround for this problem. Users of chroot-ed HP-UX Secure
Shell environments must be aware that a subset of messages written by the sshd daemon
will not show up in syslog.
HP-UX Secure Shell and the Strong Random Number Generator
HP-UX Secure Shell requires that a random number generator be located on the system. It searches
for /dev/urandom and /dev/random (in that sequence) on the system and uses the first device
it finds. If it fails to locate these two devices, HP-UX Secure Shell uses its own internal random
number generator program. The /dev/urandom and /dev/random devices are available by
default on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 systems.
HP-UX Secure Shell Resources
For more information about Secure Shell, read the following:
• HTML and pdf versions at http://docs.hp.com ( Internet and Security Solutions)
• A README text version in the software at: /opt/ssh/README.hp
• The HP Instant Information CD
• OpenSSH at http://www.openssh.com
— FAQs, Mail List Archives, Security pages, manpages
• IETF at http://www.ietf.org/ (go to Working Groups > Security)
• The HP book HP-UX 11i Security by Chris Wong.
• Secure Shell FAQs at: http://www.employees.org/~satch/ssh/faq/ssh-faq.html
• Barrett, Daniel J. and Richard E. Silverman, 2005. SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide.
California: O’Reilly and Associates Inc.,
Prerequisites
This section discusses the prerequisites for installing HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.30.
System Requirements
Table 1-4 lists the minimum system requirements for installing HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.30.
Table 1-4 System Requirements for Installing HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.30.
RequirementComponent
• HP-UX 11i v2
• HP-UX 11i v3
Operating System
• HP/9000 servers
• HP Integrity servers
Hardware
Approximately 32MB of disk spaceDisk Space
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Patch Requirements
HP has tested HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.30 with the Support Plus patches listed in Table 1-5.
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