From d39a865b7af93a7a9b5a64cf7cf0ef4396c80ba3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jmc@openbsd.org" Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 12:24:31 +0000 Subject: upstream: improve the text for -A a little; input from naddy and djm OpenBSD-Commit-ID: f9cdfb1d6dbb9887c4bf3bb25f9c7a94294c988d --- ssh.1 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'ssh.1') diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1 index 1ce0864c7..b96298ebd 100644 --- a/ssh.1 +++ b/ssh.1 @@ -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.1,v 1.406 2019/11/18 23:16:49 naddy Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 18 2019 $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.407 2019/11/28 12:24:31 jmc Exp $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 28 2019 $ .Dt SSH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Forces to use IPv6 addresses only. .Pp .It Fl A -Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection. +Enables forwarding of connections from an authentication agent such as +.Xr ssh-agent 1 . This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file. .Pp Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. @@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent, however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent. +A safer alternative may be to use a jump host +(see +.Fl J ) . .Pp .It Fl a Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection. -- cgit v1.2.3