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OpenSSH for Mac

SSH protocol connectivity tools.

Free
In English
Version 10.3
3.0
Based on 2 user rates

OpenSSH overview

OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users of the Internet rely on. Users of telnet, rlogin, and ftp may not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides secure tunneling capabilities and several authentication methods, and supports all SSH protocol versions.

Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.

What’s new in version 10.3

Bugfixes
  • Sshd(8): make IPQoS first-match-wins in sshd_config, like other configuration directives. bz3924
  • Sshd(8): fix potential crash when Maxstartups is using a single argument (i.e. not using the Maxstartups x:y:z form) to a value below 10. bz3941
  • Sshd(8): fix a potential hang during key exchange if needed DH group values were missing from /etc/moduli.
  • Ssh-agent(1): fix return values from extensions to be correct wrt draft-ietf-sshm-ssh-agent: extension requests should indicate failure using SSH_AGENT_EXTENSION_FAILURE rather than the generic SSH_AGENT_FAILURE error code. This allows the client to discern between "the request failed" and "the agent doesn't support this extension".
  • Ssh(1): use fmprintf for showing challenge-response name and info to preserve UTF-8 characters where appropriate. Prompted by GitHub PR#452.
  • Scp(1): when uploading a directory using sftp/sftp (e.g. during a recursive transfer), don't clobber the remote directory permissions unless either we created the directory during the transfer or the -p flag was set. bz3925
  • All: implement missing pieces of FIDO/webauthn signature support, mostly related to certificate handling and enable acceptance of this signature format by default. bz3748 GHPR624 GHPR625
  • Sshd_config(5): make it clear that Denyusers/Denygroups overrides Allowusers/Allowgroups. Previously we specified the order in which the directives are processed but it was ambiguous as to what happened if both matched.
  • Ssh(1): don't try to match certificates held in an agent to private keys. This matching is done to support certificates that were loaded without their private key material, but is unnecessary for agent-hosted certificate which always have private key material available in the agent. Worse, this matching would mess up the request sent to the agent in such a way as to break usage of these keys when the key usage was restricted in the agent. bz3752

Full list of changes available here

OpenSSH for Mac

Free
In English
Version 10.3
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outer
outer
Apr 22 2012
6.0
0.0
Apr 22 2012
0.0
Version: 6.0
Does this coëxist with or overwrite Apple's implementation? If it overwrites, how can I know whether it will mess up other parts of my Apple-provided infrastructure?
Mac2048
Mac2048
Nov 20 2006
4.5
0.0
Nov 20 2006
0.0
Version: 4.5
I can't install OpenSSH 4.5 because it looks like the Makefile has a syntax error on line 3. It doesn't seem to like ".include" but it's happy with simply "include" without the dot. If I make that change then it gets a similar syntax error down in /usr/share/mk/bsd.own.mk (due to ".if" vs. "if"). I don't want to touch that file. The original error is: Makefile:3: *** missing separator. Stop. MacOS 10.2.8 (old, I know, which is why I want to upgrade ssh), /usr/bin/make is GNU Make version 3.79 Has anybody run into this?
Guest
Guest
Jul 28 2001
2.5.2
1.0
Jul 28 2001
1.0
Version: 2.5.2
Download is unusable when clicked. "File does not appear to be compressed or encoded. Obtain further information about the contents of this file from the sender or provider of the file." Thanks a lot. Me, bitter? Disappointed? An utter waste of download time!
Guest
Guest
Mar 28 2001
2.5.2
1.0
Mar 28 2001
1.0
Version: 2.5.2
err. ok. so it worked flawlessly today. whatever. It works like it should
Guest
Guest
Mar 27 2001
2.5.2
1.0
Mar 27 2001
1.0
Version: 2.5.2
unfortunately, wouldn't let the installation complete..and yes I did go through the whole process of typing in the admin password, trying three times, etc it also reset some of my preferences in the process. &^%$@^%!
Agent59653198
Agent59653198
Jan 24 2011
5.0
Jan 24 2011
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jul 28 2001
1.0
Jul 28 2001
1.0
Version: null