HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.80.001, A.05.80.002, and A.05.80.004 Release Notes, July 2011 (5900-1844)

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This document discusses the most recent product information for HP-UX Secure Shell versions
A.05.80.001, A.05.80.002, and A.05.80.004 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 5)
• “New features” (page 5)
• “Defects fixed in OpenSSH 5.8p1” (page 6)
• “Defects fixed in HP-UX Secure Shell A.05.80” (page 6)
• “Known problems and workarounds” (page 6)
• “HP-UX and the strong random number generator” (page 8)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell resources” (page 9)
• “Prerequisites” (page 9)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell software availability” (page 11)
• “Installing HP-UX Secure Shell” (page 11)
• “HP-UX Secure Shell and chroot environments” (page 11)
• “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)” (page 12)
Announcement
HP-UX Secure Shell version A.05.80 is based on OpenSSH 5.8p1 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. These include:
• 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)
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