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Diffstat (limited to 'PROTOCOL.certkeys')
| -rw-r--r-- | PROTOCOL.certkeys | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/PROTOCOL.certkeys b/PROTOCOL.certkeys index aa6f5ae4..734b606b 100644 --- a/PROTOCOL.certkeys +++ b/PROTOCOL.certkeys @@ -192,12 +192,13 @@ compatibility. The reserved field is currently unused and is ignored in this version of the protocol. -signature key contains the CA key used to sign the certificate. -The valid key types for CA keys are ssh-rsa, ssh-dss and the ECDSA types -ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521. "Chained" -certificates, where the signature key type is a certificate type itself -are NOT supported. Note that it is possible for a RSA certificate key to -be signed by a DSS or ECDSA CA key and vice-versa. +The signature key field contains the CA key used to sign the +certificate. The valid key types for CA keys are ssh-rsa, +ssh-dss, ssh-ed25519 and the ECDSA types ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, +ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521. "Chained" certificates, where +the signature key type is a certificate type itself are NOT supported. +Note that it is possible for a RSA certificate key to be signed by a +Ed25519 or ECDSA CA key and vice-versa. signature is computed over all preceding fields from the initial string up to, and including the signature key. Signatures are computed and @@ -284,4 +285,4 @@ 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 1.10 2016/05/03 10:27:59 djm Exp $ +$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL.certkeys,v 1.11 2017/05/16 16:54:05 djm Exp $ |