the last nibble of the openssl version represents the status. that is, whether it is a beta or release. when it comes to version checks in openssh, this component does not matter, so ignore it. https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2212 --- a/entropy.c +++ b/entropy.c @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ seed_rng(void) * allow 1.0.1 to work with 1.0.0). Going backwards is only allowed * within a patch series. */ - u_long version_mask = SSLeay() >= 0x1000000f ? ~0xffff0L : ~0xff0L; + u_long version_mask = SSLeay() >= 0x1000000f ? ~0xfffffL : ~0xff0L; if (((SSLeay() ^ OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER) & version_mask) || (SSLeay() >> 12) < (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >> 12)) fatal("OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against %lx, you "