On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 11:53:25AM +0000, Georg Bauer wrote:
Sorry about not replying earlier.
> What is the correct way to add an entry to /etc/services for a protocol
> that is missing there (SSL-rsh or ssl-shell on Port 614 is missing in the
> stable version of services)?
File a wishlist bug against the netbase package with the appropriate line/s
to add to /etc/services, and some basic information about what it's for,
why it's necessary/desirable, and any other information that's likely to
be helpful.
> Another - SSLrsh-related - question: what would be the best way to package
> this beast? It actually consists of two binaries (rsh and rcp versions
> with SSL-authorization only) and a library. The SSLrsh and SSLrcp binaries
> are DFSG-compliant in their license, only the library is non-free (it is
> just allowed to be used with only those two binaries and not for your own
> programs). Should I split the packages and put the lib into
> non-us/non-free and the two binaries as another package into
> non-us/contrib, or should I put everything together into non-us/non-free
Whichever seems more convenient, I suppose --- either seems perfectly
reasonable to me.
You might like to lookup the lsh project (free ssh replacement) too,
perhaps.
Cheers,
aj
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