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author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2018-08-24 12:49:36 +0100 |
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committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2018-08-30 00:57:27 +0100 |
commit | 816386e17654ca36834bebbf351419e460fad8f6 (patch) | |
tree | 3dc79d831cb73bc25b92f5a4d18f8e328c0c570a /ssh-keygen.1 | |
parent | 3e6f76c7039d3df22b1d0a3a5f30150efb09b69d (diff) | |
parent | 16a47fc4b04977a14f44dd433c8da1499fa80671 (diff) |
New upstream release (7.8p1)
Closes: #907534
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-keygen.1')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-keygen.1 | 24 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1 index 39767e621..33e0bbcc1 100644 --- a/ssh-keygen.1 +++ b/ssh-keygen.1 | |||
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.147 2018/03/12 00:52:01 djm Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.148 2018/08/08 01:16:01 djm 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: March 12 2018 $ | 38 | .Dd $Mdocdate: August 8 2018 $ |
39 | .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1 | 39 | .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1 |
40 | .Os | 40 | .Os |
41 | .Sh NAME | 41 | .Sh NAME |
@@ -229,10 +229,8 @@ has also been specified, its argument is used as a prefix to the | |||
229 | default path for the resulting host key files. | 229 | default path for the resulting host key files. |
230 | This is used by system administration scripts to generate new host keys. | 230 | This is used by system administration scripts to generate new host keys. |
231 | .It Fl a Ar rounds | 231 | .It Fl a Ar rounds |
232 | When saving a new-format private key (i.e. an ed25519 key or when the | 232 | When saving a private key this option specifies the number of KDF |
233 | .Fl o | 233 | (key derivation function) rounds used. |
234 | flag is set), this option specifies the number of KDF (key derivation function) | ||
235 | rounds used. | ||
236 | Higher numbers result in slower passphrase verification and increased | 234 | Higher numbers result in slower passphrase verification and increased |
237 | resistance to brute-force password cracking (should the keys be stolen). | 235 | resistance to brute-force password cracking (should the keys be stolen). |
238 | .Pp | 236 | .Pp |
@@ -260,8 +258,6 @@ flag will be ignored. | |||
260 | Provides a new comment. | 258 | Provides a new comment. |
261 | .It Fl c | 259 | .It Fl c |
262 | Requests changing the comment in the private and public key files. | 260 | Requests changing the comment in the private and public key files. |
263 | This operation is only supported for keys stored in the | ||
264 | newer OpenSSH format. | ||
265 | The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for | 261 | The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for |
266 | the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment. | 262 | the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment. |
267 | .It Fl D Ar pkcs11 | 263 | .It Fl D Ar pkcs11 |
@@ -406,6 +402,10 @@ or | |||
406 | (PEM public key). | 402 | (PEM public key). |
407 | The default conversion format is | 403 | The default conversion format is |
408 | .Dq RFC4716 . | 404 | .Dq RFC4716 . |
405 | Setting a format of | ||
406 | .Dq PEM | ||
407 | when generating or updating a supported private key type will cause the | ||
408 | key to be stored in the legacy PEM private key format. | ||
409 | .It Fl N Ar new_passphrase | 409 | .It Fl N Ar new_passphrase |
410 | Provides the new passphrase. | 410 | Provides the new passphrase. |
411 | .It Fl n Ar principals | 411 | .It Fl n Ar principals |
@@ -500,14 +500,6 @@ The | |||
500 | is a comma-separated list of one or more address/netmask pairs in CIDR | 500 | is a comma-separated list of one or more address/netmask pairs in CIDR |
501 | format. | 501 | format. |
502 | .El | 502 | .El |
503 | .It Fl o | ||
504 | Causes | ||
505 | .Nm | ||
506 | to save private keys using the new OpenSSH format rather than | ||
507 | the more compatible PEM format. | ||
508 | The new format has increased resistance to brute-force password cracking | ||
509 | but is not supported by versions of OpenSSH prior to 6.5. | ||
510 | Ed25519 keys always use the new private key format. | ||
511 | .It Fl P Ar passphrase | 503 | .It Fl P Ar passphrase |
512 | Provides the (old) passphrase. | 504 | Provides the (old) passphrase. |
513 | .It Fl p | 505 | .It Fl p |