Dropbear is an SSH 2 server and client that is designed to be small enough to be used in low-memory embedded environments, while still being functional and secure for general use.
| Tags | Security Cryptography Internet Systems Administration |
|---|---|
| Licenses | MIT/X |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This is primarily a bugfix release, fixing static build problems and crashes with -R forwarding. IPv6 support has been improved and a number of minor leaks have been fixed.


Release Notes: A number of compile fixes for 0.53. The DROPBEAR_ZLIB_MEM_LEVEL option has been removed since it caused problems. Users running 0.53 without problems don't need to upgrade.


Release Notes: This release includes various small new features including client agent forwarding and improved keepalive/idle-timeout handling. Port forwards now accept a listening address. A number of performance and memory use improvements have also been made. As usual, this release also fixes some bugs.


Release Notes: A few improvements were made to the client, such as support for multihop connections (useful for scp/rsync), zlib@openssh.com compression, and sftp subsystem support. The server portion now supports some restrictions in authorized_key entries. The release also has a few minor bugfixes.


Release Notes: This release makes returning an exit status more reliable for the server, fixing some problems with scp.