Proper way to upgrade OpenSSH on FreeBSD 4.9

From: Jason Williams (jwilliams_at_courtesymortgage.com)
Date: 01/07/04

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    Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:27:50 -0800
To: secureshell@securityfocus.com

    Good morning everyone.

    I just had a couple of questions about upgrading OpenSSH on a FreeBSD 4.9 box.
    Being that 4.9 ships with:

    OpenSSH_3.5p1 FreeBSD-20030924, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090703f

    I wanted to upgrade my version of OpenSSH to a more recent version.

    My question is, what is the proper method in doing so?

    I see that, currently in the ports tree, openssh 3.7.1p2 is available for
    install.
    There is also the possibility of installing from source.

    I would think that using the ports tree may be a very good option, as you
    can upgrade later with portupgrade.

    With that in mind, what is the best method in doing this?
    If I decided to use the ports tree to upgrade my openssh, do I need to do
    anything before hand? Backup? Save etc...(I should mention, im testing this
    on a test system first).

    I appreciate the input and advice anyone lends.

    Cheers,

    Jason

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