Mercurial > dropbear
changeset 1552:e46f7f1da56a
CHANGES for 2018.76
author | Matt Johnston <matt@ucc.asn.au> |
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date | Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:14:04 +0800 |
parents | 1acbdf64088e |
children | cc256c6dca96 |
files | CHANGES |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/CHANGES Tue Feb 27 21:49:10 2018 +0800 +++ b/CHANGES Tue Feb 27 22:14:04 2018 +0800 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -Upcoming... +2018.76 - 27 February 2018 -- IMPORTANT: +> > > Configuration/compatibility changes + IMPORTANT Custom configuration is now specified in local_options.h rather than options.h Available options and defaults can be seen in default_options.h @@ -9,10 +10,10 @@ be put in localoptions.h - "configure --enable-static" should now be used instead of "make STATIC=1" + This will avoid 'hardened build' flags that conflict with static binaries -- Add group14-256 and group16 key exchange options - -- Set hardened build flags by default if supported by the compiler. +- Set 'hardened build' flags by default if supported by the compiler. + These can be disabled with configure --disable-harden if needed. -Wl,-pie -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro -fstack-protector-strong @@ -21,9 +22,24 @@ -mfunction-return=thunk -mindirect-branch=thunk - These can be disabled with configure --disable-harden if needed Spectre patch from Loganaden Velvindron +- "dropbear -r" option for hostkeys no longer attempts to load the default + hostkey paths as well. If desired these can be specified manually. + Patch from CamVan Nguyen + +- group1-sha1 key exchange is disabled in the server by default since + the fixed 1024-bit group may be susceptible to attacks + +- twofish ciphers are now disabled in the default configuration + +- Default generated ECDSA key size is now 256 (rather than 521) + for better interoperability + +- Minimum RSA key length has been increased to 1024 bits + +> > > Other features and fixes + - Add runtime -T max_auth_tries option from Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant - Add 'dbclient -J &fd' to allow dbclient to connect over an existing socket. @@ -31,18 +47,25 @@ - Add "-c forced_command" option. Patch from Jeremy Kerr +- Restricted group -G option added with patch from stellarpower + - Support server-chosen TCP forwarding ports, patch from houseofkodai - Allow choosing outgoing address for dbclient with -b [bind_address][:bind_port] Patch from houseofkodai -- Update bundled libtomcrypt to 1.18.1, libtommath to 1.0.1 +- Makefile will now rebuild object files when header files are modified + +- Add group14-256 and group16 key exchange options -- Minimum RSA key length has been increased to 1024 bits +- curve25519-sha256 also supported without @libssh.org suffix + +- Update bundled libtomcrypt to 1.18.1, libtommath to 1.0.1 + This fixes building with some recent versions of clang - Set PAM_RHOST which is needed by modules such as pam_abl -- Improvements to DSS public key validation, found by OSS-Fuzz. +- Improvements to DSS and RSA public key validation, found by OSS-Fuzz. - Don't exit when an authorized_keys file has malformed entries. Found by OSS-Fuzz