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authorDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2010-08-31 22:41:14 +1000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2010-08-31 22:41:14 +1000
commiteb8b60e320cdade9f4c07e2abacfb92c52e01348 (patch)
tree4e5bc25790566402e5b7ae00cefd2c57e867ef09 /ssh-agent.1
parentda108ece6843f1268aa36d7c8ed0030dc53acd15 (diff)
downloadopenssh-git-eb8b60e320cdade9f4c07e2abacfb92c52e01348.tar.gz
- djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/08/31 11:54:45
[PROTOCOL PROTOCOL.agent PROTOCOL.certkeys auth2-jpake.c authfd.c] [authfile.c buffer.h dns.c kex.c kex.h key.c key.h monitor.c] [monitor_wrap.c myproposal.h packet.c packet.h pathnames.h readconf.c] [ssh-add.1 ssh-add.c ssh-agent.1 ssh-agent.c ssh-keygen.1 ssh-keygen.c] [ssh-keyscan.1 ssh-keyscan.c ssh-keysign.8 ssh.1 ssh.c ssh2.h] [ssh_config.5 sshconnect.c sshconnect2.c sshd.8 sshd.c sshd_config.5] [uuencode.c uuencode.h bufec.c kexecdh.c kexecdhc.c kexecdhs.c ssh-ecdsa.c] Implement Elliptic Curve Cryptography modes for key exchange (ECDH) and host/user keys (ECDSA) as specified by RFC5656. ECDH and ECDSA offer better performance than plain DH and DSA at the same equivalent symmetric key length, as well as much shorter keys. Only the mandatory sections of RFC5656 are implemented, specifically the three REQUIRED curves nistp256, nistp384 and nistp521 and only ECDH and ECDSA. Point compression (optional in RFC5656 is NOT implemented). Certificate host and user keys using the new ECDSA key types are supported. Note that this code has not been tested for interoperability and may be subject to change. feedback and ok markus@
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diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1
index f65e8e62..88ad490b 100644
--- a/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.50 2010/01/17 21:49:09 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.51 2010/08/31 11:54:45 djm Exp $
.\"
.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 17 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 31 2010 $
.Dt SSH-AGENT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a program to hold private keys used for public key authentication
-(RSA, DSA).
+(RSA, DSA, ECDSA).
The idea is that
.Nm
is started in the beginning of an X-session or a login session, and
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ When executed without arguments,
.Xr ssh-add 1
adds the files
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa ,
-.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
and
.Pa ~/.ssh/identity .
If the identity has a passphrase,
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ line terminates.
Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user.
+.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
+Contains the protocol version 2 ECDSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user.
.It Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXXXX/agent.\*(Ltppid\*(Gt