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brew install dropbearprovider-native install command
安装
其他安装命令
概览
软件包摘要
Small SSH server/client for POSIX-based system
历史
项目历史与用法
Dropbear is a compact SSH server and client suite for POSIX systems, best known in package-manager culture as the SSH implementation people reach for when OpenSSH is too large or too operationally heavy. It provides `dropbear` for the server, `dbclient` for the client, and key/conversion utilities in a deliberately small package.
项目历史
Dropbear development started in October 2002, with the first public release, 0.28, appearing on April 6, 2003. The early changelog shows the project quickly adding practical SSH server features such as syslog support, X11 forwarding, agent forwarding, local TCP forwarding, OpenSSH key conversion, and Debian packaging support during 2003.
The project has remained active for decades rather than becoming a frozen embedded artifact. Its current changelog includes 2026 releases with security fixes, scp hardening, algorithm-query support, forwarding improvements, and behavior changes made in response to modern SSH and libc realities.
采用历史
Dropbear was adopted heavily by embedded Linux distributions, rescue environments, routers, initramfs setups, and minimal systems because it can provide SSH access with a much smaller footprint than a full OpenSSH deployment. Its package availability across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, and Nix reflects that cross-platform utility.
使用方式
Typical package usage includes running `dropbear` as a lightweight SSH daemon, using `dbclient` as a small SSH client, generating host keys with `dropbearkey`, and converting keys with `dropbearconvert`. The documented host-key paths and OpenSSH-compatible authorized_keys behavior make it especially useful where users need interoperable SSH without installing the full OpenSSH stack.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Dropbear is package-nerd significant because it embodies the classic small-tools tradeoff: enough SSH compatibility for real deployments, intentionally less bulk than OpenSSH, and build-time options for constrained systems. It is also one of the few packages whose value is obvious both to embedded firmware builders and to people maintaining recovery shells on ordinary Unix systems.
时间线
- 2002: Development starts in October.
- 2003: Dropbear 0.28 is released as the initial public release.
- 2003: `dropbearconvert`, Debian packaging support, X11 forwarding, agent forwarding, and early TCP forwarding appear in subsequent 0.3x releases.
- 2026: Releases 2026.90 and 2026.91 include security, scp, forwarding, and compatibility fixes.
Related projects
- OpenSSH is the main compatibility reference and the larger alternative implementation.
- LibTomCrypt and LibTomMath were part of Dropbear's early cryptographic/math dependency story.
- BusyBox-style and embedded Linux systems are common deployment neighbors because they share the same small-footprint design pressure.
来源
安全态势
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安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.ssh/authorized_keys~/.ssh/id_dropbear/etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key/etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key/etc/dropbear/dropbear_ecdsa_host_key/etc/dropbear/dropbear_ed25519_host_key
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
dbclient | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
dropbear | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
dropbearconvert | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
dropbearkey | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本2026.94
管理器更新时间2026-07-23
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:dropbear |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 2026.94 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/mkj/dropbear |
| 最后更新 | 2026-07-23T16:36:51Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation