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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/PROTOCOL.certkeys b/PROTOCOL.certkeys
index 5b0cc2ce..68622e60 100644
--- a/PROTOCOL.certkeys
+++ b/PROTOCOL.certkeys
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SHA-2 signatures (SHA-256 and SHA-512 respectively):
rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com
These RSA/SHA-2 types should not appear in keys at rest or transmitted
-on their wire, but do appear in a SSH_MSG_KEXINIT's host-key algorithms
+on the wire, but do appear in a SSH_MSG_KEXINIT's host-key algorithms
field or in the "public key algorithm name" field of a "publickey"
SSH_USERAUTH_REQUEST to indicate that the signature will use the
specified algorithm.
@@ -159,12 +159,11 @@ p, q, g, y are the DSA parameters as described in FIPS-186-2.
curve and public key are respectively the ECDSA "[identifier]" and "Q"
defined in section 3.1 of RFC5656.
-pk is the encoded Ed25519 public key as defined by
-draft-josefsson-eddsa-ed25519-03.
+pk is the encoded Ed25519 public key as defined by RFC8032.
serial is an optional certificate serial number set by the CA to
provide an abbreviated way to refer to certificates from that CA.
-If a CA does not wish to number its certificates it must set this
+If a CA does not wish to number its certificates, it must set this
field to zero.
type specifies whether this certificate is for identification of a user
@@ -217,13 +216,13 @@ signature is computed over all preceding fields from the initial string
up to, and including the signature key. Signatures are computed and
encoded according to the rules defined for the CA's public key algorithm
(RFC4253 section 6.6 for ssh-rsa and ssh-dss, RFC5656 for the ECDSA
-types), and draft-josefsson-eddsa-ed25519-03 for Ed25519.
+types, and RFC8032 for Ed25519).
Critical options
----------------
The critical options section of the certificate specifies zero or more
-options on the certificates validity. The format of this field
+options on the certificate's validity. The format of this field
is a sequence of zero or more tuples:
string name
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ sequence. Each named option may only appear once in a certificate.
The name field identifies the option and the data field encodes
option-specific information (see below). All options are
-"critical", if an implementation does not recognise a option
+"critical"; if an implementation does not recognise a option,
then the validating party should refuse to accept the certificate.
Custom options should append the originating author or organisation's
@@ -256,14 +255,14 @@ source-address string Comma-separated list of source addresses
for authentication. Addresses are
specified in CIDR format (nn.nn.nn.nn/nn
or hhhh::hhhh/nn).
- If this option is not present then
+ If this option is not present, then
certificates may be presented from any
source address.
verify-required empty Flag indicating that signatures made
with this certificate must assert FIDO
user verification (e.g. PIN or
- biometric). This option only make sense
+ biometric). This option only makes sense
for the U2F/FIDO security key types that
support this feature in their signature
formats.
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ Name Format Description
no-touch-required empty Flag indicating that signatures made
with this certificate need not assert
FIDO user presence. This option only
- make sense for the U2F/FIDO security
+ makes sense for the U2F/FIDO security
key types that support this feature in
their signature formats.
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ permit-agent-forwarding empty Flag indicating that agent forwarding
permit-port-forwarding empty Flag indicating that port-forwarding
should be allowed. If this option is
- not present then no port forwarding will
+ not present, then no port forwarding will
be allowed.
permit-pty empty Flag indicating that PTY allocation
@@ -319,4 +318,4 @@ permit-user-rc empty Flag indicating that execution of
of this script will not be permitted if
this option is not present.
-$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL.certkeys,v 1.18 2021/06/04 04:02:21 djm Exp $
+$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL.certkeys,v 1.19 2021/06/05 13:47:00 naddy Exp $