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772850 2009-05-10 10:08:00 Hi I'm trying to install 'openssh-server' on my Linux machine(Ubuntu7.10). The client version comes ready installed on the OS. In some countries, I'm told the server is not legal, but surely not in NZ.
Reasons given for down load failure mention 404 and 'black list'. UK is one restricted country, but I can find nothing to confirm that my 2 computers speaking cryptically to one another is illegal in NZ. Anyone any ideas about this?...................sarum 		sarum (6222)
772851 2009-05-10 10:19:00 The issues would probably be due to export restrictions on encryption algorithms (imposed by the US). However, installing an SSH server is perfectly fine - I have several, and there are many other PF1 members who have set up SSH servers in NZ without any problems. somebody (208)
772852 2009-05-10 11:34:00 The '404' error means you're trying to install a file that doesn't exist on the mirror you're downloading from.

The 'blacklist' message relates to a security flaw in older versions of the debian openssl library (which openssh-server uses), which has propogated down to ubuntu. This has long since been fixed, but you may be trying to install an out of date (and hence blacklisted) version of it.

Neither of these issues have anything to do with encryption export, and posession and use of these packages is completely legal.

Can you paste the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list here please? 		Erayd (23)
772853 2009-05-14 07:37:00 I posted a reply - I thought - showing that I was unable to post the /etc list.
'command not found' I tried a number of times having copied and pasted /etc/apt/sources.list: sudo:cd: and so on. I've been a bit busy recently, so when I find time I'll try another mirror and update things before trying again.
Apologies for the loss of my earlier reply, and thanks both for your help. I'll return here in case of any comments.......sarum 		sarum (6222)
772854 2009-05-14 07:44:00 Try:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Actually, to make it even easier add on > sources.txt - this will produce a text file in your home directory of the contents of sources.list. You don't need to use sudo for this.

Eg:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list > sources.txt 		Jen (38)
772855 2009-05-18 21:15:00 Sorry Jen, I posted this on a quick reply and it didn't seem to arrive. So here it is again;

joe@desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list sources.txt
#deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See help.ubuntu.com for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy main restricted
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy universe
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy universe
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates universe
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy multiverse
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy multiverse
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb archive.canonical.com hardy partner
# deb-src archive.canonical.com hardy partner

deb security.ubuntu.com hardy-security main restricted
deb-src security.ubuntu.com hardy-security main restricted
deb security.ubuntu.com hardy-security universe
deb-src security.ubuntu.com hardy-security universe
deb security.ubuntu.com hardy-security multiverse
deb-src security.ubuntu.com hardy-security multiverse

Cheers............sarum 		sarum (6222)
772856 2009-05-18 21:21:00 Sorry Jen, I posted this on a quick reply and it didn't seem to arrive. So here it is again;

joe@desktop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list sources.txt
#deb cdrom:[Xubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See help.ubuntu.com for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy main restricted
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy universe
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy universe
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates universe
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy multiverse
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy multiverse
deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src nz.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
# deb archive.canonical.com hardy partner
# deb-src archive.canonical.com hardy partner

deb security.ubuntu.com hardy-security main restricted
deb-src security.ubuntu.com hardy-security main restricted
deb security.ubuntu.com hardy-security universe
deb-src security.ubuntu.com hardy-security universe
deb security.ubuntu.com hardy-security multiverse
deb-src security.ubuntu.com hardy-security multiverse

Cheers............sarum 		sarum (6222)
772857 2009-05-20 00:14:00 Twice sarum (6222)
772858 2009-05-21 08:10:00 That all looks ok to me. How are you trying to install the openssh-server package?

What do you get if you run:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openssh-server 		ad_267 (6193)
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