OpenSSH for AIX 4.3.3 unavailable?

[Christian Holzapfel]

They say the internet never forgets, but...

I heard that

openssh-3.*.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
openssh-clients-3.*.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
openssh-server-3.*.aix4.3.ppc.rpm

once were available for download from IBM's AIX TOOLbox Cryptographic Content, after registration.
Today the site is down and the Cryptographic Content is unavailable. Archive.org is of no help there.

openssh-3.7.1.0.bff is available through
https://web.archive.org/web/20061209222024/http://www.bullfreeware.com/listaix43.html
but the openssh-clients- and -server- are not.

Are there copies still floating around?

Cheers,
Christian

[Thomas Jahns]

In my experience, this site provided (and perhaps continues to provide) freeware
compiled for AIX:

https://www.perzl.org/aix/

unless you really need 4.3.3 at which point I'd recommend to use a serial
connnection through some more up-to-date hardware like a raspberry pi.

Thomas

Post by Christian Holzapfel
They say the internet never forgets, but...
I heard that
openssh-3.*.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
openssh-clients-3.*.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
openssh-server-3.*.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
once were available for download from IBM's AIX TOOLbox Cryptographic Content, after registration.
Today the site is down and the Cryptographic Content is unavailable. Archive.org is of no help there.
openssh-3.7.1.0.bff is available through
https://web.archive.org/web/20061209222024/http://www.bullfreeware.com/listaix43.html
but the openssh-clients- and -server- are not.
Are there copies still floating around?
Cheers,
Christian

[Christian Holzapfel]

Hi Thomas,
glad to hear someone's still active here.
That's a useful site, definitely worth a dump.
But no OpenSSH unfortunately, and nothing for AIX 4.3.3. All starting at 5.1.

I'm aware of the security issues of these old SSH implementations, and I consider it for inhouse remote tinkering only - definitely not a sensitive application.

If I get desperate enough, I might give the Raspi a try...

Christian

[Grant Taylor]

Post by Christian Holzapfel
I'm aware of the security issues of these old SSH implementations,
and I consider it for inhouse remote tinkering only - definitely not
a sensitive application.

Do you /need/ to SSH /to/ AIX running on the RS/6000? Or could you SSH
to /something/ and have it initiate an unencrypted connection to AIX?

If the latter will work for you, consider something like the following:

# ssh -W ${AIX_IP}:${AIX_PORT} ${SSH_BASTION}

That will ssh to the SSH_BASTION and establish a TCP connection to
AIX_PORT on AIX_IP. Thus your /client/ computer initiates an SSH
connection to the SSH_BASTION and subsequently sees the connection
similar as if it had done a telnet all the way to the AIX machine. I
think this is a decent intermediate bridge solution that means a modern
client is only using standard SSH connections.

[Christian Holzapfel]

Hi guys,
turns out I was wrong.

Installing
zlib-1.1.4-3.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
prngd-0.9.23-3.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
openssl-0.9.6.7.bff
openssh-3.7.1.0.bff

is enough.

Thank you for your input...