OpenSSH 6.8 Is a Major Release that Contains Numerous New Features and Bugfixes

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Marius Nestor
Mar 18, 2015

Prominent features of OpenSSH 6.8 include a new FingerprintHash option, experimental host key rotation support, a new ssh_config HostbasedKeyType option, SSH protocol v.1 workaround for the Meyer, new sshd_config PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes and HostbasedAcceptedKeyTypes options, a new RevokedHostKeys option, as well as a -G option.

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Marius Nestor

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