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authorjmc@openbsd.org <jmc@openbsd.org>2016-02-17 07:38:19 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2016-02-18 09:24:40 +1100
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since these pages now clearly tell folks to avoid v1, normalise the docs from a v2 perspective (i.e. stop pointing out which bits are v2 only); ok/tweaks djm ok markus Upstream-ID: eb474f8c36fb6a532dc05c282f7965e38dcfa129
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.\" (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 1.283 2016/02/05 03:07:06 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 5 2016 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.284 2016/02/17 07:38:19 jmc Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 17 2016 $
.Dt SSHD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -275,14 +275,12 @@ though this can be changed via the
.Cm Protocol
option in
.Xr sshd_config 5 .
-Protocol 2 supports DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519 and RSA keys;
-protocol 1 only supports RSA keys.
-For both protocols,
-each host has a host-specific key,
-normally 2048 bits,
-used to identify the host.
+Protocol 1 should not be used
+and is only offered to support legacy devices.
.Pp
-Forward security for protocol 1 is provided through
+Each host has a host-specific key,
+used to identify the host.
+Partial forward security for protocol 1 is provided through
an additional server key,
normally 1024 bits,
generated when the server starts.