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authordjm <djm>2013-12-18 06:46:27 +0000
committerdjm <djm>2013-12-18 06:46:27 +0000
commitaf2a9b7b4cf91f377d2e5942fcf1fb2f3239cbae (patch)
treec940d61aa8777d3ac4beb9a5598b38f3c40b1a19 /ssh.1
parent6a681160427a8596092c13866069a86021bbac0e (diff)
downloadopenssh-af2a9b7b4cf91f377d2e5942fcf1fb2f3239cbae.tar.gz
- naddy@cvs.openbsd.org 2013/12/07 11:58:46
[ssh-add.1 ssh-agent.1 ssh-keygen.1 ssh-keyscan.1 ssh-keysign.8 ssh.1] [ssh_config.5 sshd.8 sshd_config.5] add missing mentions of ed25519; ok djm@
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh.1')
-rw-r--r--ssh.120
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index fc56997f..27794e2d 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -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: ssh.1,v 1.342 2013/11/26 12:14:54 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 26 2013 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.343 2013/12/07 11:58:46 naddy Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 7 2013 $
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ The default is
.Pa ~/.ssh/identity
for protocol version 1, and
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
-.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa ,
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
and
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
for protocol version 2.
@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@ key pair for authentication purposes.
The server knows the public key, and only the user knows the private key.
.Nm
implements public key authentication protocol automatically,
-using one of the DSA, ECDSA or RSA algorithms.
+using one of the DSA, ECDSA, ED25519 or RSA algorithms.
Protocol 1 is restricted to using only RSA keys,
but protocol 2 may use any.
The HISTORY section of
@@ -784,6 +785,8 @@ This stores the private key in
(protocol 2 DSA),
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
(protocol 2 ECDSA),
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+(protocol 2 ED25519),
or
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
(protocol 2 RSA)
@@ -794,6 +797,8 @@ and stores the public key in
(protocol 2 DSA),
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub
(protocol 2 ECDSA),
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
+(protocol 2 ED25519),
or
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
(protocol 2 RSA)
@@ -1333,8 +1338,8 @@ secret, but the recommended permissions are read/write/execute for the user,
and not accessible by others.
.Pp
.It Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-Lists the public keys (DSA/ECDSA/RSA) that can be used for logging in as
-this user.
+Lists the public keys (DSA, ECDSA, ED25519, RSA)
+that can be used for logging in as this user.
The format of this file is described in the
.Xr sshd 8
manual page.
@@ -1356,6 +1361,7 @@ above.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
+.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Contains the private key for authentication.
These files
@@ -1370,6 +1376,7 @@ sensitive part of this file using 3DES.
.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub
+.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Contains the public key for authentication.
These files are not
@@ -1409,6 +1416,7 @@ The file format and configuration options are described in
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
+.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
These files contain the private parts of the host keys
and are used for host-based authentication.