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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2008-07-22 19:45:18 +0000
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2008-07-22 19:45:18 +0000
commit137d76ba65883aa8143af1fcad83b57e7badef0c (patch)
treef426e804bb5248ceafedfab7bb78ae6e6752942c /moduli.5
parentdac7d049dad31f5f84d421d4eb628a7e13f977d7 (diff)
parentef94e5613d37bcbf880f21ee6094e4b1c7683a4c (diff)
* New upstream release (closes: #474301). Important changes not previously
backported to 4.7p1: - 4.9/4.9p1 (http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.9): + Added chroot(2) support for sshd(8), controlled by a new option "ChrootDirectory" (closes: #139047, LP: #24777). + Linked sftp-server(8) into sshd(8). The internal sftp server is used when the command "internal-sftp" is specified in a Subsystem or ForceCommand declaration. When used with ChrootDirectory, the internal sftp server requires no special configuration of files inside the chroot environment. + Added a protocol extension method "posix-rename@openssh.com" for sftp-server(8) to perform POSIX atomic rename() operations; sftp(1) prefers this if available (closes: #308561). + Removed the fixed limit of 100 file handles in sftp-server(8). + ssh(8) will now skip generation of SSH protocol 1 ephemeral server keys when in inetd mode and protocol 2 connections are negotiated. This speeds up protocol 2 connections to inetd-mode servers that also allow Protocol 1. + Accept the PermitRootLogin directive in a sshd_config(5) Match block. Allows for, e.g. permitting root only from the local network. + Reworked sftp(1) argument splitting and escaping to be more internally consistent (i.e. between sftp commands) and more consistent with sh(1). Please note that this will change the interpretation of some quoted strings, especially those with embedded backslash escape sequences. + Support "Banner=none" in sshd_config(5) to disable sending of a pre-login banner (e.g. in a Match block). + ssh(1) ProxyCommands are now executed with $SHELL rather than /bin/sh. + ssh(1)'s ConnectTimeout option is now applied to both the TCP connection and the SSH banner exchange (previously it just covered the TCP connection). This allows callers of ssh(1) to better detect and deal with stuck servers that accept a TCP connection but don't progress the protocol, and also makes ConnectTimeout useful for connections via a ProxyCommand. + scp(1) incorrectly reported "stalled" on slow copies (closes: #140828). + scp(1) date underflow for timestamps before epoch. + ssh(1) used the obsolete SIG DNS RRtype for host keys in DNS, instead of the current standard RRSIG. + Correctly drain ACKs when a sftp(1) upload write fails midway, avoids a fatal() exit from what should be a recoverable condition. + Fixed ssh-keygen(1) selective host key hashing (i.e. "ssh-keygen -HF hostname") to not include any IP address in the data to be hashed. + Make ssh(1) skip listening on the IPv6 wildcard address when a binding address of 0.0.0.0 is used against an old SSH server that does not support the RFC4254 syntax for wildcard bind addresses. + Enable IPV6_V6ONLY socket option on sshd(8) listen socket, as is already done for X11/TCP forwarding sockets (closes: #439661). + Fix FD leak that could hang a ssh(1) connection multiplexing master. + Make ssh(1) -q option documentation consistent with reality. + Fixed sshd(8) PAM support not calling pam_session_close(), or failing to call it with root privileges (closes: #372680). + Fix activation of OpenSSL engine support when requested in configure (LP: #119295). - 5.1/5.1p1 (http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-5.1): + Introduce experimental SSH Fingerprint ASCII Visualisation to ssh(1) and ssh-keygen(1). Visual fingerprint display is controlled by a new ssh_config(5) option "VisualHostKey". The intent is to render SSH host keys in a visual form that is amenable to easy recall and rejection of changed host keys. + sshd_config(5) now supports CIDR address/masklen matching in "Match address" blocks, with a fallback to classic wildcard matching. + sshd(8) now supports CIDR matching in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys from="..." restrictions, also with a fallback to classic wildcard matching. + Added an extended test mode (-T) to sshd(8) to request that it write its effective configuration to stdout and exit. Extended test mode also supports the specification of connection parameters (username, source address and hostname) to test the application of sshd_config(5) Match rules. + ssh(1) now prints the number of bytes transferred and the overall connection throughput for SSH protocol 2 sessions when in verbose mode (previously these statistics were displayed for protocol 1 connections only). + sftp-server(8) now supports extension methods statvfs@openssh.com and fstatvfs@openssh.com that implement statvfs(2)-like operations. + sftp(1) now has a "df" command to the sftp client that uses the statvfs@openssh.com to produce a df(1)-like display of filesystem space and inode utilisation (requires statvfs@openssh.com support on the server). + Added a MaxSessions option to sshd_config(5) to allow control of the number of multiplexed sessions supported over a single TCP connection. This allows increasing the number of allowed sessions above the previous default of 10, disabling connection multiplexing (MaxSessions=1) or disallowing login/shell/subsystem sessions entirely (MaxSessions=0). + Added a no-more-sessions@openssh.com global request extension that is sent from ssh(1) to sshd(8) when the client knows that it will never request another session (i.e. when session multiplexing is disabled). This allows a server to disallow further session requests and terminate the session in cases where the client has been hijacked. + ssh-keygen(1) now supports the use of the -l option in combination with -F to search for a host in ~/.ssh/known_hosts and display its fingerprint. + ssh-keyscan(1) now defaults to "rsa" (protocol 2) keys, instead of "rsa1". + Added an AllowAgentForwarding option to sshd_config(8) to control whether authentication agent forwarding is permitted. Note that this is a loose control, as a client may install their own unofficial forwarder. + ssh(1) and sshd(8): avoid unnecessary malloc/copy/free when receiving network data, resulting in a ~10% speedup. + ssh(1) and sshd(8) will now try additional addresses when connecting to a port forward destination whose DNS name resolves to more than one address. The previous behaviour was to try the only first address and give up if that failed. + ssh(1) and sshd(8) now support signalling that channels are half-closed for writing, through a channel protocol extension notification "eow@openssh.com". This allows propagation of closed file descriptors, so that commands such as "ssh -2 localhost od /bin/ls | true" do not send unnecessary data over the wire. + sshd(8): increased the default size of ssh protocol 1 ephemeral keys from 768 to 1024 bits. + When ssh(1) has been requested to fork after authentication ("ssh -f") with ExitOnForwardFailure enabled, delay the fork until after replies for any -R forwards have been seen. Allows for robust detection of -R forward failure when using -f. + "Match group" blocks in sshd_config(5) now support negation of groups. E.g. "Match group staff,!guests". + sftp(1) and sftp-server(8) now allow chmod-like operations to set set[ug]id/sticky bits. + The MaxAuthTries option is now permitted in sshd_config(5) match blocks. + Multiplexed ssh(1) sessions now support a subset of the ~ escapes that are available to a primary connection. + ssh(1) connection multiplexing will now fall back to creating a new connection in most error cases (closes: #352830). + Make ssh(1) deal more gracefully with channel requests that fail. Previously it would optimistically assume that requests would always succeed, which could cause hangs if they did not (e.g. when the server runs out of file descriptors). + ssh(1) now reports multiplexing errors via the multiplex slave's stderr where possible (subject to LogLevel in the mux master). + Prevent sshd(8) from erroneously applying public key restrictions leaned from ~/.ssh/authorized_keys to other authentication methods when public key authentication subsequently fails (LP: #161047). + Fixed an UMAC alignment problem that manifested on Itanium platforms.
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1.\" $OpenBSD: moduli.5,v 1.12 2008/06/26 05:57:54 djm Exp $
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16.Dd $Mdocdate: June 26 2008 $
17.Dt MODULI 5
18.Os
19.Sh NAME
20.Nm moduli
21.Nd Diffie Hellman moduli
22.Sh DESCRIPTION
23The
24.Pa /etc/moduli
25file contains prime numbers and generators for use by
26.Xr sshd 8
27in the Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange key exchange method.
28.Pp
29New moduli may be generated with
30.Xr ssh-keygen 1
31using a two-step process.
32An initial
33.Em candidate generation
34pass, using
35.Ic ssh-keygen -G ,
36calculates numbers that are likely to be useful.
37A second
38.Em primality testing
39pass, using
40.Ic ssh-keygen -T
41provides a high degree of assurance that the numbers are prime and are
42safe for use in Diffie Hellman operations by
43.Xr sshd 8 .
44This
45.Nm
46format is used as the output from each pass.
47.Pp
48The file consists of newline-separated records, one per modulus,
49containing seven space separated fields.
50These fields are as follows:
51.Pp
52.Bl -tag -width Description -offset indent
53.It timestamp
54The time that the modulus was last processed as YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.
55.It type
56Decimal number specifying the internal structure of the prime modulus.
57Supported types are:
58.Pp
59.Bl -tag -width 0x00 -compact
60.It 0
61Unknown, not tested
62.It 2
63"Safe" prime; (p-1)/2 is also prime.
64.It 4
65Sophie Germain; (p+1)*2 is also prime.
66.El
67.Pp
68Moduli candidates initially produced by
69.Xr ssh-keygen 1
70are Sophie Germain primes (type 4).
71Futher primality testing with
72.Xr ssh-keygen 1
73produces safe prime moduli (type 2) that are ready for use in
74.Xr sshd 8 .
75Other types are not used by OpenSSH.
76.It tests
77Decimal number indicating the type of primality tests that the number
78has been subjected to represented as a bitmask of the following values:
79.Pp
80.Bl -tag -width 0x00 -compact
81.It 0x00
82Not tested
83.It 0x01
84Composite number - not prime.
85.It 0x02
86Sieve of Eratosthenes
87.It 0x04
88Probabalistic Miller-Rabin primality tests.
89.El
90.Pp
91The
92.Xr ssh-keygen 1
93moduli candidate generation uses the Sieve of Eratosthenes (flag 0x02).
94Subsequent
95.Xr ssh-keygen 1
96primality tests are Miller-Rabin tests (flag 0x04).
97.It trials
98Decimal number indicating of primaility trials that have been performed
99on the modulus.
100.It size
101Decimal number indicating the size of the prime in bits.
102.It generator
103The recommended generator for use with this modulus (hexadecimal).
104.It modulus
105The modulus itself in hexadecimal.
106.El
107.Pp
108When performing Diffie Hellman Group Exchange,
109.Xr sshd 8
110first estimates the size of the modulus required to produce enough
111Diffie Hellman output to sufficiently key the selected symmetric cipher.
112.Xr sshd 8
113then randomly selects a modulus from
114.Fa /etc/moduli
115that best meets the size requirement.
116.Pp
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
119.Xr sshd 8 ,
120.Rs
121.%R RFC 4419
122.%T "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol"
123.%D 2006
124.Re