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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 1.304 2018/07/22 12:16:59 dtucker Exp $ 36.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.305 2019/11/07 08:38:38 naddy Exp $
37.Dd $Mdocdate: July 22 2018 $ 37.Dd $Mdocdate: November 7 2019 $
38.Dt SSHD 8 38.Dt SSHD 8
39.Os 39.Os
40.Sh NAME 40.Sh NAME
@@ -429,24 +429,35 @@ comments).
429Public keys consist of the following space-separated fields: 429Public keys consist of the following space-separated fields:
430options, keytype, base64-encoded key, comment. 430options, keytype, base64-encoded key, comment.
431The options field is optional. 431The options field is optional.
432The keytype is 432The supported key types are:
433.Dq ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 , 433.Pp
434.Dq ecdsa-sha2-nistp384 , 434.Bl -item -compact -offset indent
435.Dq ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 , 435.It
436.Dq ssh-ed25519 , 436sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com
437.Dq ssh-dss 437.It
438or 438ecdsa-sha2-nistp256
439.Dq ssh-rsa ; 439.It
440the comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the 440ecdsa-sha2-nistp384
441.It
442ecdsa-sha2-nistp521
443.It
444ssh-ed25519
445.It
446ssh-dss
447.It
448ssh-rsa
449.El
450.Pp
451The comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
441user to identify the key). 452user to identify the key).
442.Pp 453.Pp
443Note that lines in this file can be several hundred bytes long 454Note that lines in this file can be several hundred bytes long
444(because of the size of the public key encoding) up to a limit of 455(because of the size of the public key encoding) up to a limit of
4458 kilobytes, which permits DSA keys up to 8 kilobits and RSA 4568 kilobytes, which permits RSA keys up to 16 kilobits.
446keys up to 16 kilobits.
447You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the 457You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
448.Pa id_dsa.pub , 458.Pa id_dsa.pub ,
449.Pa id_ecdsa.pub , 459.Pa id_ecdsa.pub ,
460.Pa id_ecdsa_sk.pub ,
450.Pa id_ed25519.pub , 461.Pa id_ed25519.pub ,
451or the 462or the
452.Pa id_rsa.pub 463.Pa id_rsa.pub