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| author | dtucker@openbsd.org <dtucker@openbsd.org> | 2019-12-19 03:50:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Darren Tucker <dtucker@dtucker.net> | 2019-12-20 14:25:08 +1100 |
| commit | bc2dc091e0ac4ff6245c43a61ebe12c7e9ea0b7f (patch) | |
| tree | db7f630456cb7bd83d32d24a5852fcc86f5865e4 /sshd.8 | |
| parent | e905f7260d72bc0e33ef5f10a0db737ff6e77ba7 (diff) | |
| download | openssh-git-bc2dc091e0ac4ff6245c43a61ebe12c7e9ea0b7f.tar.gz | |
upstream: "Forward security" -> "Forward secrecy" since that's the
correct term. Add "MAC" since we use that acronym in other man pages. ok
naddy@
OpenBSD-Commit-ID: c35529e511788586725fb63bda3459e10738c5f5
Diffstat (limited to 'sshd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sshd.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -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 1.309 2019/12/17 16:21:07 naddy Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 17 2019 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.310 2019/12/19 03:50:01 dtucker Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 19 2019 $ .Dt SSHD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public host key. The client compares the host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed. -Forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement. +Forward secrecy is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement. This key agreement results in a shared session key. The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher. The client selects the encryption algorithm to use from those offered by the server. Additionally, session integrity is provided -through a cryptographic message authentication code. +through a cryptographic message authentication code (MAC). .Pp Finally, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog. The client tries to authenticate itself using |