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19991125
 - More reformatting merged from OpenBSD CVS
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [channels.c]
     fix packet_integrity_check() for !have_hostname_in_open.
     report from mrwizard@psu.edu via djm@ibs.com.au
   - [channels.c]
     set SO_REUSEADDR and SO_LINGER for forwarded ports.
     chip@valinux.com via damien@ibs.com.au
   - [nchan.c]
     it's not an error() if shutdown_write failes in nchan.
   - [readconf.c]
     remove dead #ifdef-0-code
   - [readconf.c servconf.c]
     strcasecmp instead of tolower
   - [scp.c]
     progress meter overflow fix from damien@ibs.com.au
   - [ssh-add.1 ssh-add.c]
     SSH_ASKPASS support
   - [ssh.1 ssh.c]
     postpone fork_after_authentication until command execution,
     request/patch from jahakala@cc.jyu.fi via damien@ibs.com.au
     plus: use daemon() for backgrounding

19991124
 - Merged very large OpenBSD source code reformat
 - OpenBSD CVS updates
   - [channels.c cipher.c compat.c log-client.c scp.c serverloop.c]
     [ssh.h sshd.8 sshd.c]
     syslog changes:
     * Unified Logmessage for all auth-types, for success and for failed
     * Standard connections get only ONE line in the LOG when level==LOG:
       Auth-attempts are logged only, if authentication is:
          a) successfull or
          b) with passwd or
          c) we had more than AUTH_FAIL_LOG failues
     * many log() became verbose()
     * old behaviour with level=VERBOSE
   - [readconf.c readconf.h ssh.1 ssh.h sshconnect.c sshd.c]
     tranfer s/key challenge/response data in SSH_SMSG_AUTH_TIS_CHALLENGE
     messages. allows use of s/key in windows (ttssh, securecrt) and
     ssh-1.2.27 clients without 'ssh -v', ok: niels@
   - [sshd.8]
     -V, for fallback to openssh in SSH2 compatibility mode
   - [sshd.c]
     fix sigchld race; cjc5@po.cwru.edu

19991123
 - Added SuSE package files from Chris Saia <csaia@wtower.com>
 - Restructured package-related files under packages/*
 - Added generic PAM config
 - Numerous little Solaris fixes
 - Add recommendation to use GNU make to INSTALL document

19991122
 - Make <enter> close gnome-ssh-askpass (Debian bug #50299)
 - OpenBSD CVS Changes
   - [ssh-keygen.c] 
     don't create ~/.ssh only if the user wants to store the private 
     key there. show fingerprint instead of public-key after 
     keygeneration. ok niels@
 - Added OpenBSD bsd-strlcat.c, created bsd-strlcat.h
 - Added timersub() macro
 - Tidy RCSIDs of bsd-*.c
 - Added autoconf test and macro to deal with old PAM libraries 
   pam_strerror definition (one arg vs two).
 - Fix EGD problems (Thanks to Ben Taylor <bent@clark.net>)
 - Retry /dev/urandom reads interrupted by signal (report from 
   Robert Hardy <rhardy@webcon.net>)
 - Added a setenv replacement for systems which lack it
 - Only display public key comment when presenting ssh-askpass dialog
 - Released 1.2pre14

 - Configure, Make and changelog corrections from Tudor Bosman 
   <tudorb@jm.nu> and Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk>

19991121
 - OpenBSD CVS Changes:
   - [channels.c]
     make this compile, bad markus
   - [log.c readconf.c servconf.c ssh.h]
     bugfix: loglevels are per host in clientconfig,
     factor out common log-level parsing code.
   - [servconf.c]
     remove unused index (-Wall)
   - [ssh-agent.c]
     only one 'extern char *__progname'
   - [sshd.8]
     document SIGHUP, -Q to synopsis
   - [sshconnect.c serverloop.c sshd.c packet.c packet.h]
     [channels.c clientloop.c]
     SSH_CMSG_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, some clients use this, some need this, niels@
     [hope this time my ISP stays alive during commit]
   - [OVERVIEW README] typos; green@freebsd
   - [ssh-keygen.c]
     replace xstrdup+strcat with strlcat+fixed buffer, fixes OF (bad me)
     exit if writing the key fails (no infinit loop)
     print usage() everytime we get bad options
   - [ssh-keygen.c] overflow, djm@mindrot.org
   - [sshd.c] fix sigchld race; cjc5@po.cwru.edu
     
19991120
 - Merged more Solaris support from Marc G. Fournier 
   <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca>
 - Wrote autoconf tests for integer bit-types
 - Fixed enabling kerberos support
 - Fix segfault in ssh-keygen caused by buffer overrun in filename 
   handling.

19991119
 - Merged PAM buffer overrun patch from Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com>
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes
   - [auth-rhosts.c auth-rsa.c ssh-agent.c sshconnect.c sshd.c]
     more %d vs. %s in fmt-strings
   - [authfd.c]
     Integers should not be printed with %s
 - EGD uses a socket, not a named pipe. Duh.
 - Fix includes in fingerprint.c
 - Fix scp progress bar bug again.
 - Move ssh-askpass from ${libdir}/ssh to ${libexecdir}/ssh at request of 
   David Rankin <drankin@bohemians.lexington.ky.us>
 - Added autoconf option to enable Kerberos 4 support (untested)
 - Added autoconf option to enable AFS support (untested)
 - Added autoconf option to enable S/Key support (untested)
 - Added autoconf option to enable TCP wrappers support (compiles OK)
 - Renamed BSD helper function files to bsd-*
 - Added tests for login and daemon and enable OpenBSD replacements for 
   when they are absent.
 - Added non-PAM MD5 password support patch from Tudor Bosman <tudorb@jm.nu>

19991118
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes
   - [scp.c] foregroundproc() in scp
   - [sshconnect.h] include fingerprint.h
   - [sshd.c] bugfix: the log() for passwd-auth escaped during logging 
     changes.
   - [ssh.1] Spell my name right.
 - Added openssh.com info to README

19991117
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes
   - [ChangeLog.Ylonen] noone needs this anymore
   - [authfd.c] close-on-exec for auth-socket, ok deraadt
   - [hostfile.c] 
     in known_hosts key lookup the entry for the bits does not need 
     to match, all the information is contained in n and e. This 
     solves the problem with buggy servers announcing the wrong 
     modulus length.  markus and me.
   - [serverloop.c] 
     bugfix: check for space if child has terminated, from: 
     iedowse@maths.tcd.ie
   - [ssh-add.1 ssh-add.c ssh-keygen.1 ssh-keygen.c sshconnect.c]
     [fingerprint.c fingerprint.h]
     rsa key fingerprints, idea from Bjoern Groenvall <bg@sics.se>
   - [ssh-agent.1] typo
   - [ssh.1] add OpenSSH information to AUTHOR section. okay markus@
   - [sshd.c] 
     force logging to stderr while loading private key file
     (lost while converting to new log-levels)

19991116
 - Fix some Linux libc5 problems reported by Miles Wilson <mw@mctitle.com>
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [auth-rh-rsa.c auth-rsa.c authfd.c authfd.h hostfile.c mpaux.c]
     [mpaux.h ssh-add.c ssh-agent.c ssh.h ssh.c sshd.c]
     the keysize of rsa-parameter 'n' is passed implizit,
     a few more checks and warnings about 'pretended' keysizes.
   - [cipher.c cipher.h packet.c packet.h sshd.c]
     remove support for cipher RC4
   - [ssh.c]
     a note for legay systems about secuity issues with permanently_set_uid(),
     the private hostkey and ptrace()
   - [sshconnect.c]
     more detailed messages about adding and checking hostkeys

19991115
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [ssh-add.c] change passphrase loop logic and remove ref to 
     $DISPLAY, ok niels
 - Changed to ssh-add.c broke askpass support. Revised it to be a little more
   modular. 
 - Revised autoconf support for enabling/disabling askpass support.
 - Merged more OpenBSD CVS changes:
	[auth-krb4.c]
	  - disconnect if getpeername() fails
	  - missing xfree(*client)
	[canohost.c]
	  - disconnect if getpeername() fails
	  - fix comment: we _do_ disconnect if ip-options are set
	[sshd.c]
	  - disconnect if getpeername() fails
	  - move checking of remote port to central place
	[auth-rhosts.c] move checking of remote port to central place
	[log-server.c] avoid extra fd per sshd, from millert@
	[readconf.c] print _all_ bad config-options in ssh(1), too
	[readconf.h] print _all_ bad config-options in ssh(1), too
	[ssh.c] print _all_ bad config-options in ssh(1), too
	[sshconnect.c] disconnect if getpeername() fails
 - OpenBSD's changes to sshd.c broke the PAM stuff, re-merged it.
 - Various small cleanups to bring diff (against OpenBSD) size down.
 - Merged more Solaris compability from Marc G. Fournier
   <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca>
 - Wrote autoconf tests for __progname symbol
 - RPM spec file fixes from Jim Knoble <jmknoble@pobox.com>
 - Released 1.2pre12

 - Another OpenBSD CVS update:
   - [ssh-keygen.1] fix .Xr

19991114
 - Solaris compilation fixes (still imcomplete)

19991113
 - Build patch from Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk>
   - Don't install config files if they already exist
   - Fix inclusion of additional preprocessor directives from acconfig.h
 - Removed redundant inclusions of config.h
 - Added 'Obsoletes' lines to RPM spec file
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [bufaux.c] save a view malloc/memcpy/memset/free's, ok niels
   - [scp.c] fix overflow reported by damien@ibs.com.au: off_t 
     totalsize, ok niels,aaron
 - Delay fork (-f option) in ssh until after port forwarded connections 
   have been initialised. Patch from Jani Hakala <jahakala@cc.jyu.fi>
 - Added shadow password patch from Thomas Neumann <tom@smart.ruhr.de>
 - Added ifdefs to auth-passwd.c to exclude it when PAM is enabled
 - Tidied default config file some more
 - Revised Redhat initscript to fix bug: sshd (re)start would fail
   if executed from inside a ssh login.

19991112
 - Merged changes from OpenBSD CVS
   - [sshd.c] session_key_int may be zero
   - [auth-rh-rsa.c servconf.c servconf.h ssh.h sshd.8 sshd.c sshd_config]
     IgnoreUserKnownHosts(default=no), used for RhostRSAAuth, ok 
     deraadt,millert
 - Brought default sshd_config more in line with OpenBSD's
 - Grab server in gnome-ssh-askpass (Debian bug #49872)
 - Released 1.2pre10

 - Added INSTALL documentation
 - Merged yet more changes from OpenBSD CVS
   - [auth-rh-rsa.c auth-rhosts.c auth-rsa.c channels.c clientloop.c]
     [ssh.c ssh.h sshconnect.c sshd.c]
     make all access to options via 'extern Options options'
     and 'extern ServerOptions options' respectively;
     options are no longer passed as arguments:
      * make options handling more consistent
      * remove #include "readconf.h" from ssh.h
      * readconf.h is only included if necessary
   - [mpaux.c] clear temp buffer
   - [servconf.c] print _all_ bad options found in configfile
 - Make ssh-askpass support optional through autoconf
 - Fix nasty division-by-zero error in scp.c
 - Released 1.2pre11

19991111
 - Added (untested) Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) support
 - Fixed /dev/urandom fd leak (Debian bug #49722)
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [auth-rh-rsa.c] user/958: check ~/.ssh/known_hosts for rhosts-rsa, too
   - [ssh.1] user/958: check ~/.ssh/known_hosts for rhosts-rsa, too
   - [sshd.8] user/958: check ~/.ssh/known_hosts for rhosts-rsa, too
 - Fix integer overflow which was messing up scp's progress bar for large 
   file transfers. Fix submitted to OpenBSD developers.
 - Merged more OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [auth-krb4.c auth-passwd.c] remove x11- and krb-cleanup from fatal() 
     + krb-cleanup cleanup
   - [clientloop.c log-client.c log-server.c ]
     [readconf.c readconf.h servconf.c servconf.h ]
     [ssh.1 ssh.c ssh.h sshd.8]
     add LogLevel {QUIET, FATAL, ERROR, INFO, CHAT, DEBUG} to ssh/sshd,
     obsoletes QuietMode and FascistLogging in sshd.
   - [sshd.c] fix fatal/assert() bug reported by damien@ibs.com.au:
     allow session_key_int != sizeof(session_key)
     [this should fix the pre-assert-removal-core-files]
 - Updated default config file to use new LogLevel option and to improve
   readability

19991110
 - Merged several minor fixes:
   - ssh-agent commandline parsing
   - RPM spec file now installs ssh setuid root
   - Makefile creates libdir
   - Merged beginnings of Solaris compability from Marc G. Fournier
     <marc.fournier@acadiau.ca>

19991109
 - Autodetection of SSL/Crypto library location via autoconf
 - Fixed location of ssh-askpass to follow autoconf
 - Integrated Makefile patch from Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk>
 - Autodetection of RSAref library for US users
 - Minor doc updates
 - Merged OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [rsa.c] bugfix: use correct size for memset()
   - [sshconnect.c] warn if announced size of modulus 'n' != real size
 - Added GNOME passphrase requestor (use --with-gnome-askpass)
 - RPM build now creates subpackages
 - Released 1.2pre9

19991108
 - Removed debian/ directory. This is now being maintained separately.
 - Added symlinks for slogin in RPM spec file
 - Fixed permissions on manpages in RPM spec file
 - Added references to required libraries in README file
 - Removed config.h.in from CVS
 - Removed pwdb support (better pluggable auth is provided by glibc)
 - Made PAM and requisite libdl optional
 - Removed lots of unnecessary checks from autoconf
 - Added support and autoconf test for openpty() function (Unix98 pty support)
 - Fix for scp not finding ssh if not installed as /usr/bin/ssh
 - Added TODO file
 - Merged parts of Debian patch From Phil Hands <phil@hands.com>:
   - Added ssh-askpass program
   - Added ssh-askpass support to ssh-add.c
   - Create symlinks for slogin on install
   - Fix "distclean" target in makefile
   - Added example for ssh-agent to manpage
   - Added support for PAM_TEXT_INFO messages
   - Disable internal /etc/nologin support if PAM enabled
 - Merged latest OpenBSD CVS changes:
   - [all] replace assert() with error, fatal or packet_disconnect
   - [sshd.c] don't send fail-msg but disconnect if too many authentication
     failures
   - [sshd.c] remove unused argument. ok dugsong
   - [sshd.c] typo
   - [rsa.c] clear buffers used for encryption. ok: niels
   - [rsa.c] replace assert() with error, fatal or packet_disconnect
   - [auth-krb4.c] remove unused argument. ok dugsong
 - Fixed coredump after merge of OpenBSD rsa.c patch
 - Released 1.2pre8

19991102
 - Merged change from OpenBSD CVS
  - One-line cleanup in sshd.c

19991030
 - Integrated debian package support from Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com>
 - Merged latest updates for OpenBSD CVS:
   - channels.[ch] - remove broken x11 fix and document istate/ostate
   - ssh-agent.c - call setsid() regardless of argv[]
   - ssh.c - save a few lines when disabling rhosts-{rsa-}auth
 - Documentation cleanups
 - Renamed README -> README.Ylonen
 - Renamed README.openssh ->README

19991029
 - Renamed openssh* back to ssh* at request of Theo de Raadt
 - Incorporated latest changes from OpenBSD's CVS
 - Integrated Makefile patch from  Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@image.dk>
 - Integrated PAM env patch from Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin.dahyabhai@pobox.com>
 - Make distclean now removed configure script
 - Improved PAM logging
 - Added some debug() calls for PAM
 - Removed redundant subdirectories
 - Integrated part of a patch from Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com> for 
   building on Debian.
 - Fixed off-by-one error in PAM env patch
 - Released 1.2pre6

19991028
 - Further PAM enhancements.
   - Much cleaner
   - Now uses account and session modules for all logins.
 - Integrated patch from Dan Brosemer <odin@linuxfreak.com>
   - Build fixes
   - Autoconf
   - Change binary names to open*
 - Fixed autoconf script to detect PAM on RH6.1
 - Added tests for libpwdb, and OpenBSD functions to autoconf
 - Released 1.2pre4

 - Imported latest OpenBSD CVS code
 - Updated README.openssh
 - Released 1.2pre5

19991027
 - Adapted PAM patch.
 - Released 1.0pre2

 - Excised my buggy replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
 - Imported correct OpenBSD strlcpy and mkdtemp routines.
 - Reduced arc4random_stir entropy read to 32 bytes (256 bits)
 - Picked up correct version number from OpenBSD
 - Added sshd.pam PAM configuration file
 - Added sshd.init Redhat init script
 - Added openssh.spec RPM spec file
 - Released 1.2pre3

19991026
 - Fixed include paths of OpenSSL functions
 - Use OpenSSL MD5 routines
 - Imported RC4 code from nanocrypt
 - Wrote replacements for OpenBSD arc4random* functions
 - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
 - Released 1.0pre1