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1 | .\" $OpenBSD: moduli.5,v 1.11 2007/05/31 19:19:58 jmc Exp $ | ||
2 | .\" | ||
3 | .\" Copyright 1997, 2000 William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com> | ||
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30 | .\" | ||
31 | .\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros | ||
32 | .\" | ||
33 | .Dd December 24 2007 | ||
34 | .Dt MODULI 5 | ||
35 | .Os | ||
36 | .Sh NAME | ||
37 | .Nm moduli | ||
38 | .Nd system moduli file | ||
39 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
40 | The | ||
41 | .Pa /etc/ssh/moduli | ||
42 | file contains the system-wide Diffie-Hellman prime moduli for | ||
43 | .Xr sshd 8 . | ||
44 | .Pp | ||
45 | Each line in this file contains the following fields: | ||
46 | Time, Type, Tests, Tries, Size, Generator, Modulus. | ||
47 | The fields are separated by white space (tab or blank). | ||
48 | .Pp | ||
49 | .Fa Time : yyyymmddhhmmss . | ||
50 | Specifies the system time that the line was appended to the file. | ||
51 | The value 00000000000000 means unknown (historic). | ||
52 | .\"The file is sorted in ascending order. | ||
53 | .Pp | ||
54 | .Fa Type : decimal . | ||
55 | Specifies the internal structure of the prime modulus. | ||
56 | .Pp | ||
57 | .Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact | ||
58 | .It 0 : | ||
59 | unknown; | ||
60 | often learned from peer during protocol operation, | ||
61 | and saved for later analysis. | ||
62 | .It 1 : | ||
63 | unstructured; | ||
64 | a common large number. | ||
65 | .It 2 : | ||
66 | safe (p = 2q + 1); | ||
67 | meets basic structural requirements. | ||
68 | .It 3 : | ||
69 | Schnorr. | ||
70 | .It 4 : | ||
71 | Sophie-Germain (q = (p-1)/2); | ||
72 | usually generated in the process of testing safe or strong primes. | ||
73 | .It 5 : | ||
74 | strong; | ||
75 | useful for RSA public key generation. | ||
76 | .El | ||
77 | .Pp | ||
78 | .Fa Tests : decimal (bit field) . | ||
79 | Specifies the methods used in checking for primality. | ||
80 | Usually, more than one test is used. | ||
81 | .Pp | ||
82 | .Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact | ||
83 | .It 0 : | ||
84 | not tested; | ||
85 | often learned from peer during protocol operation, | ||
86 | and saved for later analysis. | ||
87 | .It 1 : | ||
88 | composite; | ||
89 | failed one or more tests. | ||
90 | In this case, the highest bit specifies the test that failed. | ||
91 | .It 2 : | ||
92 | sieve; | ||
93 | checked for division by a range of smaller primes. | ||
94 | .It 4 : | ||
95 | Miller-Rabin. | ||
96 | .It 8 : | ||
97 | Jacobi. | ||
98 | .It 16 : | ||
99 | Elliptic Curve. | ||
100 | .El | ||
101 | .Pp | ||
102 | .Fa Tries : decimal . | ||
103 | Depends on the value of the highest valid Test bit, | ||
104 | where the method specified is: | ||
105 | .Pp | ||
106 | .Bl -tag -width indent -offset indent -compact | ||
107 | .It 0 : | ||
108 | not tested | ||
109 | (always zero). | ||
110 | .It 1 : | ||
111 | composite | ||
112 | (irrelevant). | ||
113 | .It 2 : | ||
114 | sieve; | ||
115 | number of primes sieved. | ||
116 | Commonly on the order of 32,000,000. | ||
117 | .It 4 : | ||
118 | Miller-Rabin; | ||
119 | number of M-R iterations. | ||
120 | Commonly on the order of 32 to 64. | ||
121 | .It 8 : | ||
122 | Jacobi; | ||
123 | unknown | ||
124 | (always zero). | ||
125 | .It 16 : | ||
126 | Elliptic Curve; | ||
127 | unused | ||
128 | (always zero). | ||
129 | .El | ||
130 | .Pp | ||
131 | .Fa Size : decimal . | ||
132 | Specifies the number of the most significant bit (0 to M). | ||
133 | .Pp | ||
134 | .Fa Generator : hex string . | ||
135 | Specifies the best generator for a Diffie-Hellman exchange. | ||
136 | 0 = unknown or variable, | ||
137 | 2, 3, 5, etc. | ||
138 | .Pp | ||
139 | .Fa Modulus : hex string . | ||
140 | The prime modulus. | ||
141 | .Pp | ||
142 | The file is searched for moduli that meet the appropriate | ||
143 | Time, Size and Generator criteria. | ||
144 | When more than one meet the criteria, | ||
145 | the selection should be weighted toward newer moduli, | ||
146 | without completely disqualifying older moduli. | ||
147 | .Pp | ||
148 | New moduli may be generated using the | ||
149 | .Xr ssh-keygen 1 | ||
150 | tool. | ||
151 | .Sh FILES | ||
152 | .Bl -tag -width /etc/ssh/moduli -compact | ||
153 | .It Pa /etc/ssh/moduli | ||
154 | .El | ||
155 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
156 | .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , | ||
157 | .Xr sshd 8 | ||