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Dropbear SSH Review

Dropbear SSH Review

Unlike some of the other SCP servers we talked about Dropbear is Dropbear is particularly useful for “embedded”-type Linux (or other Unix) systems, such as wireless routers. It is a small SSH server and client that can run on a variety of POSIX- based platforms.

Using Dropbear SSH is best suited in the hands of an experienced system administrator, familiar with makefiles and recompiling the executable as needed.

Features

  • Both a SSH server and client
  • Small memory footprint
  • Can run from inetd at startup or s a standalone server
  • Compatible with public key authentication from Open SSH

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System Requirements

  • Linux – standard distributions, uClibc >=0.9.17, dietlibc, musl libc, uClinux from inetd
  • Mac OS X (compile with PAM support)
  • FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
  • Solaris – tested v8 x86 and v9 Sparc
  • IRIX 6.5 (with /dev/urandom, or prngd should work)
  • Tru64 5.1 (using prngd for entropy)
  • AIX 4.3.3 (with gcc and Linux Affinity Toolkit), AIX 5.2 (with /dev/urandom).
  • HPUX 11.00 (+prngd), TCP forwarding doesn’t work
  • Cygwin – tested 1.5.19 on Windows XP

Price

100 % Free !!!

Official Website & Download Link

https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html

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About the Author

Denise is one of our Staff Writers that has transitioned from the Corporate IT Consulting World into publishing. She enjoys writing about her Experiences with Software and Tools that she has used and help implement in Real-world Scenarios and Business. She has a Master in Organization Development from Seattle University.