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author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2016-02-29 12:15:15 +0000 |
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committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2016-03-08 11:51:22 +0000 |
commit | 46961f5704f8e86cea3e99253faad55aef4d8f35 (patch) | |
tree | 0dd97fa4fb649a62b4639fe2674380872b1f3e98 /ssh-keygen.1 | |
parent | c753fe267efb1b027424fa8706cf0385fc3d14c1 (diff) | |
parent | 85e40e87a75fb80a0bf893ac05a417d6c353537d (diff) |
New upstream release (7.2).
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-keygen.1')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-keygen.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1 index c560179c8..24bed5f61 100644 --- a/ssh-keygen.1 +++ b/ssh-keygen.1 | |||
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.127 2015/08/20 19:20:06 naddy Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.130 2016/02/17 07:38:19 jmc Exp $ |
2 | .\" | 2 | .\" |
3 | .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> | 3 | .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> |
4 | .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland | 4 | .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland |
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ | |||
35 | .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF | 35 | .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF |
36 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | 36 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
37 | .\" | 37 | .\" |
38 | .Dd $Mdocdate: August 20 2015 $ | 38 | .Dd $Mdocdate: February 17 2016 $ |
39 | .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1 | 39 | .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1 |
40 | .Os | 40 | .Os |
41 | .Sh NAME | 41 | .Sh NAME |
@@ -141,8 +141,12 @@ | |||
141 | generates, manages and converts authentication keys for | 141 | generates, manages and converts authentication keys for |
142 | .Xr ssh 1 . | 142 | .Xr ssh 1 . |
143 | .Nm | 143 | .Nm |
144 | can create RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 1 and | 144 | can create keys for use by SSH protocol versions 1 and 2. |
145 | DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519 or RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 2. | 145 | Protocol 1 should not be used |
146 | and is only offered to support legacy devices. | ||
147 | It suffers from a number of cryptographic weaknesses | ||
148 | and doesn't support many of the advanced features available for protocol 2. | ||
149 | .Pp | ||
146 | The type of key to be generated is specified with the | 150 | The type of key to be generated is specified with the |
147 | .Fl t | 151 | .Fl t |
148 | option. | 152 | option. |
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ using the format described in the | |||
372 | .Sx KEY REVOCATION LISTS | 376 | .Sx KEY REVOCATION LISTS |
373 | section. | 377 | section. |
374 | .It Fl L | 378 | .It Fl L |
375 | Prints the contents of a certificate. | 379 | Prints the contents of one or more certificates. |
376 | .It Fl l | 380 | .It Fl l |
377 | Show fingerprint of specified public key file. | 381 | Show fingerprint of specified public key file. |
378 | Private RSA1 keys are also supported. | 382 | Private RSA1 keys are also supported. |
@@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ At present, no options are valid for host keys. | |||
470 | .It Fl o | 474 | .It Fl o |
471 | Causes | 475 | Causes |
472 | .Nm | 476 | .Nm |
473 | to save SSH protocol 2 private keys using the new OpenSSH format rather than | 477 | to save private keys using the new OpenSSH format rather than |
474 | the more compatible PEM format. | 478 | the more compatible PEM format. |
475 | The new format has increased resistance to brute-force password cracking | 479 | The new format has increased resistance to brute-force password cracking |
476 | but is not supported by versions of OpenSSH prior to 6.5. | 480 | but is not supported by versions of OpenSSH prior to 6.5. |
@@ -777,7 +781,7 @@ It is also possible, given a KRL, to test whether it revokes a particular key | |||
777 | (or keys). | 781 | (or keys). |
778 | The | 782 | The |
779 | .Fl Q | 783 | .Fl Q |
780 | flag will query an existing KRL, testing each key specified on the commandline. | 784 | flag will query an existing KRL, testing each key specified on the command line. |
781 | If any key listed on the command line has been revoked (or an error encountered) | 785 | If any key listed on the command line has been revoked (or an error encountered) |
782 | then | 786 | then |
783 | .Nm | 787 | .Nm |