--- a/common-algo.c	Wed Jun 03 22:59:59 2015 +0800
+++ b/common-algo.c	Thu Jun 04 22:25:28 2015 +0800
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 				buf_putbyte(algolist, ',');
 			donefirst = 1;
 			len = strlen(localalgos[i].name);
-			buf_putbytes(algolist, localalgos[i].name, len);
+			buf_putbytes(algolist, (const unsigned char *) localalgos[i].name, len);
 		}
 	}
 	buf_putstring(buf, algolist->data, algolist->len);
@@ -341,19 +341,19 @@
 		enum kexguess2_used *kexguess2, int *goodguess)
 {
 
-	unsigned char * algolist = NULL;
-	const unsigned char *remotenames[MAX_PROPOSED_ALGO], *localnames[MAX_PROPOSED_ALGO];
+	char * algolist = NULL;
+	const char *remotenames[MAX_PROPOSED_ALGO], *localnames[MAX_PROPOSED_ALGO];
 	unsigned int len;
 	unsigned int remotecount, localcount, clicount, servcount, i, j;
 	algo_type * ret = NULL;
-	const unsigned char **clinames, **servnames;
+	const char **clinames, **servnames;
 
 	if (goodguess) {
 		*goodguess = 0;
 	}
 
 	/* get the comma-separated list from the buffer ie "algo1,algo2,algo3" */
-	algolist = buf_getstring(buf, &len);
+	algolist = (char *) buf_getstring(buf, &len);
 	TRACE(("buf_match_algo: %s", algolist))
 	if (len > MAX_PROPOSED_ALGO*(MAX_NAME_LEN+1)) {
 		goto out;
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 	buf_setpos(b, b->len);
 	buf_putbyte(b, '\0');
 	buf_setpos(b, 4);
-	ret_list = m_strdup(buf_getptr(b, b->len - b->pos));
+	ret_list = m_strdup((const char *) buf_getptr(b, b->len - b->pos));
 	buf_free(b);
 	return ret_list;
 }