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authordjm@openbsd.org <djm@openbsd.org>2015-07-03 03:49:45 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2015-07-15 15:36:02 +1000
commit933935ce8d093996c34d7efa4d59113163080680 (patch)
tree7c2df1bfff8ab967e52436d649a420fc20ba80c6 /sshd.8
parentbdfd29f60b74f3e678297269dc6247a5699583c1 (diff)
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refuse to generate or accept RSA keys smaller than 1024 bits; feedback and ok dtucker@ Upstream-ID: 7ea3d31271366ba264f06e34a3539bf1ac30f0ba
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diff --git a/sshd.8 b/sshd.8
index dcf20f0e..213b5fc4 100644
--- a/sshd.8
+++ b/sshd.8
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.279 2015/05/01 07:11:47 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 1 2015 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.280 2015/07/03 03:49:45 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 3 2015 $
.Dt SSHD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -184,15 +184,12 @@ Specifies that
.Nm
is being run from
.Xr inetd 8 .
+If SSH protocol 1 is enabled,
.Nm
-is normally not run
+should not normally be run
from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
-respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
-Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
-However, with small key sizes (e.g. 512) using
-.Nm
-from inetd may
-be feasible.
+respond to the client, and this may take some time.
+Clients may have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
@@ -287,7 +284,7 @@ used to identify the host.
.Pp
Forward security for protocol 1 is provided through
an additional server key,
-normally 768 bits,
+normally 1024 bits,
generated when the server starts.
This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
is never stored on disk.