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authorDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2021-02-23 21:55:09 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2021-02-23 21:55:09 +0000
commite537d028a8a2956e478c2c82b8fb250bc4d0e3db (patch)
treea934713adb580f3d50bcbd95d423f37e063a4db6 /usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
parent73b249a48608e568f251a0aada3ef04f6d432896 (diff)
lots more s/key types/signature algorithms/ mostly in
HostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms and HostKeyAlgorithms; prompted by Jakub Jelen
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.540
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
index 99e7033f661..eb0a4e3a4e0 100644
--- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
+++ b/usr.bin/ssh/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 1.347 2021/02/15 20:43:15 markus Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 15 2021 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.348 2021/02/23 21:55:08 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2021 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -801,20 +801,20 @@ will not be converted automatically,
but may be manually hashed using
.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
.It Cm HostbasedAcceptedAlgorithms
-Specifies the key types that will be used for hostbased authentication
-as a comma-separated list of patterns.
+Specifies the signature algorithms that will be used for hostbased
+authentication as a comma-separated list of patterns.
Alternately if the specified list begins with a
.Sq +
-character, then the specified key types will be appended to the default set
-instead of replacing them.
+character, then the specified signature algorithms will be appended
+to the default set instead of replacing them.
If the specified list begins with a
.Sq -
-character, then the specified key types (including wildcards) will be removed
-from the default set instead of replacing them.
+character, then the specified signature algorithms (including wildcards)
+will be removed from the default set instead of replacing them.
If the specified list begins with a
.Sq ^
-character, then the specified key types will be placed at the head of the
-default set.
+character, then the specified signature algorithms will be placed
+at the head of the default set.
The default for this option is:
.Bd -literal -offset 3n
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ The
.Fl Q
option of
.Xr ssh 1
-may be used to list supported key types.
+may be used to list supported signature algorithms.
This was formerly named HostbasedKeyTypes.
.It Cm HostbasedAuthentication
Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with public key
@@ -848,20 +848,20 @@ or
.Cm no
(the default).
.It Cm HostKeyAlgorithms
-Specifies the host key algorithms
+Specifies the host key signature algorithms
that the client wants to use in order of preference.
Alternately if the specified list begins with a
.Sq +
-character, then the specified key types will be appended to the default set
-instead of replacing them.
+character, then the specified signature algorithms will be appended to
+the default set instead of replacing them.
If the specified list begins with a
.Sq -
-character, then the specified key types (including wildcards) will be removed
-from the default set instead of replacing them.
+character, then the specified signature algorithms (including wildcards)
+will be removed from the default set instead of replacing them.
If the specified list begins with a
.Sq ^
-character, then the specified key types will be placed at the head of the
-default set.
+character, then the specified signature algorithms will be placed
+at the head of the default set.
The default for this option is:
.Bd -literal -offset 3n
ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
If hostkeys are known for the destination host then this default is modified
to prefer their algorithms.
.Pp
-The list of available key types may also be obtained using
+The list of available signature algorithms may also be obtained using
.Qq ssh -Q HostKeyAlgorithms .
.It Cm HostKeyAlias
Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,
rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256,ssh-rsa
.Ed
.Pp
-The list of available key types may also be obtained using
+The list of available signature algorithms may also be obtained using
.Qq ssh -Q PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms .
.It Cm PubkeyAuthentication
Specifies whether to try public key authentication.