OpenSSH 2.9 has just been uploaded. It is available from the mirrors listed at https://www.openssh.com/. 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: ================== 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 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.