Somebody really needs to submit this patch upstream. It's pretty massive
and I can't find any mention of it on openssh-unix-dev at all. It also
adds new configuration options; I've been bitten in the past by
integrating third-party patches that upstream then chooses to integrate
using different option names, and so I now have a general policy of not
integrating patches that add configuration options in order to avoid
having to carry any more compatibility code around until the end of
time. (I have made the occasional exception for ones that have been
quite thoroughly discussed upstream and are gradually being merged, such
as the Kerberos patch.)

I have no objection to the patch as such (not having read it in enough
detail), but in my experience adding this sort of OpenSSH patch just to
distros and not upstream is asking for trouble down the line and I'd
rather avoid it.

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