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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: OpenSSH-7.4p1-1
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:26:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <607f4841-c81b-2a48-f76c-aa610a7d89d8@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACoZoo3459oO5kMuaWrVU4L7bQTLe8fDFSR_5zqQShTG3d39EQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 2016-12-21 10:39, Erik Soderquist wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> In /etc/sshd_config:
>>   UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
> Essentially this no longer becomes optional? Or am I misreading?

They are dropping support for the *no* option.
The default is currently *sandbox*, which adds additional 
restrictions to *yes* prior to login.
If you don't have the option in sshd_config you're secure, and will 
not have any problems with upgrades or known exploits.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-12-21 18:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-20 20:46 Corinna Vinschen
2016-12-20 22:46 ` Ismail Donmez
2016-12-21  8:56   ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-12-21 13:22 ` Frank Fesevur
2016-12-21 16:41   ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-12-21 17:39     ` Erik Soderquist
2016-12-21 18:25       ` Corinna Vinschen
2016-12-21 18:26       ` Brian Inglis [this message]

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