3 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index 4277f9eac..1cbfe0403 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 .\" (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 1.250 2017/05/30 19:38:17 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 30 2017 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.251 2017/06/24 05:35:05 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 24 2017 $
 .Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ The list of available key types may also be obtained using
 .It Cm HostKeyAlias
 Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the
 real host name when looking up or saving the host key
-in the host key database files.
+in the host key database files and when validating host certificates.
 This option is useful for tunneling SSH connections
 or for multiple servers running on a single host.
 .It Cm HostName
diff --git a/sshconnect.c b/sshconnect.c
index d4894b9f1..4100cdc8c 100644
--- a/sshconnect.c
+++ b/sshconnect.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.280 2017/05/30 14:13:40 markus Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.281 2017/06/24 05:35:05 djm Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -863,7 +863,9 @@ check_host_key(char *hostname, struct sockaddr *hostaddr, u_short port,
                     host, type, want_cert ? "certificate" : "key");
                 debug("Found %s in %s:%lu", want_cert ? "CA key" : "key",
                     host_found->file, host_found->line);
-                if (want_cert && !check_host_cert(hostname, host_key))
+                if (want_cert &&
+                    !check_host_cert(options.host_key_alias == NULL ?
+                    hostname : options.host_key_alias, host_key))
                         goto fail;
                 if (options.check_host_ip && ip_status == HOST_NEW) {
                         if (readonly || want_cert)
diff --git a/sshd.8 b/sshd.8
index 05368f947..1b18e45b3 100644
--- a/sshd.8
+++ b/sshd.8
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 .\" (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: sshd.8,v 1.289 2017/05/07 23:12:57 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 7 2017 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.290 2017/06/24 05:35:05 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 24 2017 $
 .Dt SSHD 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -652,9 +652,23 @@ Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
 and
 .Ql \&?
 act as
-wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
-name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
-name (when authenticating a server).
+wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the host name.
+When
+.Nm sshd
+is authenticating a client, such as when using
+.Cm HostbasedAuthentication ,
+this will be the canonical client host name.
+When
+.Xr ssh 1
+is authenticating a server, this will be the either the host name
+given by the user, the value of the
+.Xr ssh 1
+.Cm HostkeyAlias
+if it was specified, or the canonical server hostname if the
+.Xr ssh 1
+.Cm CanonicalizeHostname
+option was used.
+.Pp
 A pattern may also be preceded by
 .Ql \&!
 to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated