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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.28 2001/09/05 06:23:07 deraadt Exp $ 1.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.29 2001/11/19 18:40:46 stevesk 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
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ Later
127.Xr ssh 1 127.Xr ssh 1
128looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent. 128looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent.
129.Pp 129.Pp
130The agent will never send a private key over its request channel.
131Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed
132by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester.
133This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent.
134.Pp
130A unix-domain socket is created 135A unix-domain socket is created
131.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> , 136.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> ,
132and the name of this socket is stored in the 137and the name of this socket is stored in the