Download tarballs from
https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-2026.91.tar.bz2 or
https://dropbear.nl/mirror/releases/dropbear-2026.91.tar.bz2
The tarball is reproducible from git with release.sh
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scp: Fix test for disallowing -r with existing target directory. The logic
introduced in 2026.90 was incorrect, could also disallow non-recursive
transfers. -
scp: Fix regression in 2026.90 building on older glibc or other libc.
reallocarray() was required, it is no longer needed. -
Compression is now disabled by default for dbclient. A new -o compression option
can enable it. DROPBEAR_CLI_COMPRESSION in localoptions.h can change the default.
Enabling compression can be a security weakness in some
circumstances, as the size of network traffic may leak information
about the encrypted data. -
Added '-Q' argument for dbclient and dropbear to query supported algorithms,
kex sig cipher mac compress