Regarding openssh 8.1p1-1 access

[Sudhanshu Bhutani]

Thank you Brian and Mike. We will see if cygwin time machine owners can
help us.
http://www.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/Cygwin/timemachine.html

I will try contacting - doctor@fruitbat.org - PETER CASTRO for any help.


On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 5:44 PM Brian Inglis <
Brian.Inglis@systematicsw.ab.ca> wrote:

> 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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Regards
Sudhanshu Bhutani