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authorDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-12-22 09:05:18 +0000
committerDamien Miller <djm@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-12-22 09:05:18 +0000
commit822c0e318b59ee01bb6d037ba3f0047ba92dc986 (patch)
treeca34d4d2d18d9a9fc5ecddc220c8af35eb03a9b1 /usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
parent086254454392c0ed65c671f06017cc8c7c6f78ed (diff)
mention ssh -Q feature to list supported { MAC, cipher, KEX, key }
algorithms in more places and include the query string used to list the relevant information; bz#2288
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.529
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5
index 33da983ea7a..7a5dd52c852 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 1.197 2014/12/21 23:12:42 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 21 2014 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.198 2014/12/22 09:05:17 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 22 2014 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour
The list of available ciphers may also be obtained using the
.Fl Q
option of
-.Xr ssh 1 .
+.Xr ssh 1
+with an argument of
+.Dq cipher .
.It Cm ClearAllForwardings
Specifies that all local, remote, and dynamic port forwardings
specified in the configuration files or on the command line be
@@ -793,6 +795,13 @@ ssh-ed25519,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
.Pp
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
+.Fl Q
+option of
+.Xr ssh 1
+with an argument of
+.Dq key .
.It Cm HostKeyAlias
Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the
real host name when looking up or saving the host key
@@ -963,6 +972,13 @@ diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,
diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,
diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
.Ed
+.Pp
+The list of available key exchange algorithms may also be obtained using the
+.Fl Q
+option of
+.Xr ssh 1
+with an argument of
+.Dq kex .
.It Cm LocalCommand
Specifies a command to execute on the local machine after successfully
connecting to the server.
@@ -1052,6 +1068,13 @@ hmac-sha1-96-etm@openssh.com,hmac-md5-96-etm@openssh.com,
hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,
hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
.Ed
+.Pp
+The list of available MAC algorithms may also be obtained using the
+.Fl Q
+option of
+.Xr ssh 1
+with an argument of
+.Dq mac .
.It Cm NoHostAuthenticationForLocalhost
This option can be used if the home directory is shared across machines.
In this case localhost will refer to a different machine on each of