- stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/08/29 23:39:40

     [ssh.1 sshd.8]
     additional documentation for GatewayPorts; ok markus@

3 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d14eab10..fc5a0ceb6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
    - stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/08/29 23:27:23
      [ssh.c]
      validate ports for -L/-R; ok markus@
+   - stevesk@cvs.openbsd.org 2001/08/29 23:39:40
+     [ssh.1 sshd.8]
+     additional documentation for GatewayPorts; ok markus@
 
 20010815
  - (bal) Fixed stray code in readconf.c that went in by mistake.
@@ -6378,4 +6381,4 @@
  - Wrote replacements for strlcpy and mkdtemp
  - Released 1.0pre1
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1501 2001/09/12 17:56:15 mouring Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.1502 2001/09/12 17:58:15 mouring Exp $
diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index dfd38a6b8..14e2925cf 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (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 1.133 2001/08/29 23:13:11 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.134 2001/08/29 23:39:40 stevesk Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH 1
 .Os
@@ -848,6 +848,15 @@ The default is
 .It Cm GatewayPorts
 Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to local
 forwarded ports.
+By default,
+.Nm
+binds local port forwardings to the loopback addresss.  This
+prevents other remote hosts from connecting to forwarded ports.
+.Cm GatewayPorts
+can be used to specify that
+.Nm
+should bind local port forwardings to the wildcard address,
+thus allowing remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
 The argument must be
 .Dq yes
 or
diff --git a/sshd.8 b/sshd.8
index e98cfdd61..ff3717b0c 100644
--- a/sshd.8
+++ b/sshd.8
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (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 1.144 2001/08/29 23:02:21 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.145 2001/08/29 23:39:40 stevesk Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSHD 8
 .Os
@@ -442,6 +442,15 @@ By default login is allowed regardless of the user name.
 .It Cm GatewayPorts
 Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to ports
 forwarded for the client.
+By default,
+.Nm
+binds remote port forwardings to the loopback addresss.  This
+prevents other remote hosts from connecting to forwarded ports.
+.Cm GatewayPorts
+can be used to specify that
+.Nm
+should bind remote port forwardings to the wildcard address,
+thus allowing remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
 The argument must be
 .Dq yes
 or