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OpenSSH 2.9
OpenSSH 2.9 has just been uploaded. It will be available from the
mirrors listed at http://www.openssh.com/ shortly.

OpenSSH is a 100% complete SSH protocol version 1.3, 1.5 and 2.0
implementation and includes sftp client and server support.

This release contains many portability bug-fixes (listed in the
ChangeLog) as well as several new features (listed below).

We would like to thank the OpenSSH community for their continued
support and encouragement.

Important Changes:
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WARNING: SSH protocol v2 is now the default protocol version

use the 'Protocol' option from ssh(1) and sshd(8) if
you want to change this.

SSH protocol v2 implementation adds support for:

HostbasedAuthentication, similar to RhostsRSA in SSH protocol
v1

Rekeying (negotiate new encryption keys for the current SSH
session, try ~R in interactive SSH sessions)

updated DH group exchange:
draft-ietf-secsh-dh-group-exchange-01.txt

client option HostKeyAlgorithms

server options ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax

tty mode passing

general:

gid swapping in sshd (fixes access to /home/group/user based
directory structures)

Dan Kaminsky <dankamin@cisco.com> contributed an experimental
SOCKS4 proxy to the ssh client (yes, client not the server).
Use 'ssh -D 1080 server' if you want to try this out.

server option PrintLastLog

improvements for scp > 2GB

improved ListenAddress option.
You can now use ListenAddress host:port

improved interoperability (bug detection for older implementations)

improved documentation

OpenSSH is brought to you by Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt,
Kevin Steves, Damien Miller and Ben Lindstrom.