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authorjmc@openbsd.org <jmc@openbsd.org>2016-02-17 07:38:19 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2016-02-18 09:24:40 +1100
commita685ae8d1c24fb7c712c55a4f3280ee76f5f1e4b (patch)
treee584cc9a85e18c54887ca626295a6222d075e6ae /sshd.8
parentc5c3f3279a0e4044b8de71b70d3570d692d0f29d (diff)
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since these pages now clearly tell folks to avoid v1, normalise the docs from a v2 perspective (i.e. stop pointing out which bits are v2 only); ok/tweaks djm ok markus Upstream-ID: eb474f8c36fb6a532dc05c282f7965e38dcfa129
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@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
33.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 33.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
34.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
35.\" 35.\"
36.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.283 2016/02/05 03:07:06 djm Exp $ 36.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.284 2016/02/17 07:38:19 jmc Exp $
37.Dd $Mdocdate: February 5 2016 $ 37.Dd $Mdocdate: February 17 2016 $
38.Dt SSHD 8 38.Dt SSHD 8
39.Os 39.Os
40.Sh NAME 40.Sh NAME
@@ -275,14 +275,12 @@ though this can be changed via the
275.Cm Protocol 275.Cm Protocol
276option in 276option in
277.Xr sshd_config 5 . 277.Xr sshd_config 5 .
278Protocol 2 supports DSA, ECDSA, Ed25519 and RSA keys; 278Protocol 1 should not be used
279protocol 1 only supports RSA keys. 279and is only offered to support legacy devices.
280For both protocols,
281each host has a host-specific key,
282normally 2048 bits,
283used to identify the host.
284.Pp 280.Pp
285Forward security for protocol 1 is provided through 281Each host has a host-specific key,
282used to identify the host.
283Partial forward security for protocol 1 is provided through
286an additional server key, 284an additional server key,
287normally 1024 bits, 285normally 1024 bits,
288generated when the server starts. 286generated when the server starts.