Regarding openssh 8.1p1-1 access

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-11-10 11:51, Sudhanshu Bhutani via Cygwin wrote:
> My name is Sudhanshu Bhutani and we are working for one of leading network
> service providers for our internal telecom tool. For the last few days, our
> customers are reporting problems with our internal tool which uses cygwin
> ssh and posix components.
> 
> We have a problem reported in the cygwin installation procedure, where
> openssh  8.1p1-1 is not getting downloaded and cygwin mirrors are not
> listing this  8.1p1-1 version and instead latest versions are listed.
> 
> How can we download  8.1p1-1 in cygwin?

Security software like openssh should always be kept up to date to fix issues 
and plug vulnerabilities which could allow yourself and your clients' systems to 
be compromised. Cygwin typically only provides and allows the current and two 
previous versions to be installed, in this case 8.4, 8.3, 8.2. Version 8.1 is 
over a year old and should no longer be used; see:

	https://www.openssh.com/releasenotes.html

If you are concerned about how this is managed by Cygwin, you should provide 
your own Cygwin package repository mirror, where you can control which packages 
and versions are provided and made available.

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

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