HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.60.001, A.05.60.002, and A.05.60.003 Release Notes, October 2010 (5900-1115)

1 HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.60
This document discusses the most recent product information for HP-UX Secure Shell versions
A.05.60.001, A.05.60.002, and A.05.60.003 that are supported on HP-UX 11i V1, HP-UX 11i V2,
and HP-UX 11i V3 respectively. This document addresses the following topics:
• “Secure Shell Versions on HP-UX” (page 8)
• “New Features” (page 8)
• “Defects Fixed in OpenSSH 5.6p1” (page 9)
• “Defects Fixed in HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.60” (page 10)
• “Known Problems and Workarounds” (page 10)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell and the Strong Random Number Generator” (page 12)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell Resources” (page 12)
• “Prerequisites” (page 13)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell Software Availability” (page 14)
• “Installing HP-UX Secure Shell” (page 14)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell and chroot Environments” (page 15)
• “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)” (page 15)
Announcement
HP-UX Secure Shell version A.05.60 is based on OpenSSH 5.6p1 and it offers transparent encrypted
security for HP-UX 11i V1, HP-UX 11i V2, and HP-UX 11i V3. HP-UX Secure Shell supports the
SSH-1 and SSH-2 protocols and provides secured remote login, file transfer, and remote command
execution.
HP-UX Secure Shell uses hashing to ensure data integrity and provides secure tunneling features,
port forwarding, and an SSH agent to maintain private keys on the client. HP-UX Secure Shell
supports several authentication methods and schemes, including the following:
• Kerberos5/GSSAPI
• Public Key
• Host-based
• Keyboard-interactive
• Password
HP supports HP-UX Secure Shell at no additional cost to customers with the HP-UX support
agreements. HP-UX Secure Shell is a fully tested HP product. The following is a partial list of
the technologies tested with HP-UX Secure Shell:
• Kerberos5/GSSAPI
• OpenSSL
• IPv6
• Trusted Systems
• TCP Wrappers
• PAM (PAM_UNIX, PAM_Kerberos, PAM_LDAP)
HP-UX Secure Shell version A.05.60 is built with the following libraries:
• zlib V1.2.3
• OpenSSL V0.9.8o — For HP-UX 11i V3, OpenSSL is a shared library
• TCP Wrappers V7.6-ipv6.4
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