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Installing libssh2
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* Untar this tarball (which, if you're reading this, you've already done)
* Run: ./configure (passing additional options as desired)
In addition the the standard set of ./configure options (e.g. --prefix)
there are five switches which you may wish to pay attention to:
* --with-openssl=[DIR]
libssh2 requires the OpenSSL library (http://www.openssl.org) for
cipher and hash method implementations.
./configure will attempt to locate OpenSSL in a number of default locations:
/usr/local/ssl /usr/local /usr /usr/local/openssl
If your installation of OpenSSL is in another location, specify it here.
* --with-zlib=[DIR]
If present, libssh2 will attempt to use the zlib (http://www.zlib.org)
for payload compression, however zlib is not required.
./configure will attempt to location a zlib installation in a number of default locations:
/usr/local /usr /usr/local/libz /usr/libz /usr/local/zlib /usr/zlib
If your installation of zlib is in another location, you may specify it here.
* --enable-crypt-none
The SSH2 Transport allows for unencrypted data transmission using the "none" cipher.
Because this is such a huge security hole, it is typically disabled on
SSH2 implementations and is diabled in libssh2 by default as well.
Enabling this option will allow for "none" as a negotiable method,
however it still requires that the method be advertized by the remote end
and that no more-prefferable methods are available.
* --enable-mac-none
The SSH2 Transport also allows implementations to forego a message authentication code.
While this is less of a security risk than using a "none" cipher, it is still not
recommended as disabling MAC hashes removes a layer of security.
Enabling this option will allow for "none" as a negotiable method,
however it still requires that the method be advertized by the remote end
and that no more-prefferable methods are available.
* --disable-gex-new
The diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 (dh-gex) key exchange method originally defined
an exchange negotiation using packet type 30 to request a generation pair based
on a single target value. Later refinement of dh-gex provided for range and target
values. By default libssh2 will use the newer range method.
If you experience trouble connecting to an old SSH server using dh-gex,
try this option to fallback on the older more reliable method.
* Run: make all install