OpenSSH 10.6 deliberately breaks two features in the name of security

October 7, 2026 · 5:12 am 2 sources

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• OpenSSH 10.6 enables a post-quantum signature algorithm, so experimental keys need replacing
  Help Net Security · October 7, 2026 05:12
  The OpenSSH team released version 10.6 on Oct. 6 and said it will ship releases more often for now to get bugfixes into users’ hands more quickly. The maintainers have received a large number of security reports, many found by AI models or with AI help, and in a number of cases a different…

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• OpenSSH 10.6 deliberately breaks two features in the name of security
  The New Stack · October 7, 2026 21:27
  OpenSSH 10.6, released Tuesday, makes compression less effective and rejects some usernames that previously worked, and the maintainers knew both The post OpenSSH 10.6 deliberately breaks two features in the name of security appeared first on The New Stack .