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 enough for general use.
| Tags | Security Cryptography Internet Systems Administration |
|---|---|
| Licenses | MIT/X |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Changes: 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.


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


Changes: This version improves network performance, adds a keepalive option, and fixes various minor bugs.


Changes: This release adds various new features such as backgrounding for dbclient and binding to particular addresses for the server. It also has various bugfixes, particularly in the channel handling code. It includes a security fix for handling mismatching hostkeys with dbclient.


Changes: A compile fix was made for scp on Linux.