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Cygwin includes openssh as an installable package. There are a few steps required to get it running as a daemon on Windows.

  1. Install the OpenSSH package
  2. Create an NT user to run ssh as
  3. Allow authentication as Windows users (authenticate to Windows' password system)
  4. Register openssh as a Windows service with cygrunsrv
  5. Start the service
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