Debian release 3.5p1-1.

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index 6d94220b0..67fa0845c 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -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_config.5,v 1.1 2002/06/20 19:56:07 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.5 2002/08/29 22:54:10 stevesk Exp $
 .Dd September 25, 1999
 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
 .Os
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@
 .Nm ssh
 obtains configuration data from the following sources in
 the following order:
-command line options, user's configuration file
-.Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config ,
-and system-wide configuration file
-.Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config .
+.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact
+.It
+command-line options
+.It
+user's configuration file
+.Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config
+.It
+system-wide configuration file
+.Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
+.El
 .Pp
 For each parameter, the first obtained value
 will be used.
@@ -259,6 +265,13 @@ or
 .Dq no .
 The default is
 .Dq no .
+.Pp
+Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution.  Users with the
+ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the agent's
+Unix-domain socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded
+connection.  An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent,
+however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to
+authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent.
 .It Cm ForwardX11
 Specifies whether X11 connections will be automatically redirected
 over the secure channel and
@@ -270,6 +283,12 @@ or
 .Dq no .
 The default is
 .Dq no .
+.Pp
+X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution.  Users with the ability
+to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's X
+authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the
+forwarded connection.  An attacker may then be able to perform
+activities such as keystroke monitoring.
 .It Cm GatewayPorts
 Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to local
 forwarded ports.
@@ -342,7 +361,6 @@ identities will be tried in sequence.
 Specifies whether the system should send TCP keepalive messages to the
 other side.
 If they are sent, death of the connection or crash of one
-of the machines will be properly noticed.
 of the machines will be properly noticed.  This option only uses TCP
 keepalives (as opposed to using ssh level keepalives), so takes a long
 time to notice when the connection dies.  As such, you probably want
@@ -512,7 +530,12 @@ or
 .Dq no .
 The default is
 .Dq no .
-This option applies to protocol version 1 only.
+This option applies to protocol version 1 only and requires
+.Nm ssh
+to be setuid root and
+.Cm UsePrivilegedPort
+to be set to
+.Dq yes .
 .It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
 Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with RSA host
 authentication.
@@ -600,6 +623,10 @@ or
 .Dq no .
 The default is
 .Dq no .
+If set to
+.Dq yes
+.Nm ssh
+must be setuid root.
 Note that this option must be set to
 .Dq yes
 if
@@ -617,7 +644,7 @@ Specifies a file to use for the user
 host key database instead of
 .Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
 .It Cm XAuthLocation
-Specifies the location of the
+Specifies the full pathname of the
 .Xr xauth 1
 program.
 The default is