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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 | 43 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 index 81d004bb6f0..3a1da517079 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/sshd.8 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" .\" Created: Sat Apr 22 21:55:14 1995 ylo .\" -.\" $Id: sshd.8,v 1.4 1999/10/01 22:23:48 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $Id: sshd.8,v 1.5 1999/10/02 13:10:26 deraadt Exp $ .\" .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSHD 8 @@ -59,11 +59,9 @@ random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends the encrypted number to the server. Both sides then start to use this random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further communications in the session. The rest of the session is encrypted -using a conventional cipher. Currently, -Blowfish, IDEA, DES, and 3DES. -3DES -is used by default. The client selects the encryption algorithm to use -from those offered by the server. +using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish and 3DES, with 3DES +being is used by default. The client selects the encryption algorithm +to use from those offered by the server. .Pp Next, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog. The client tries to authenticate itself using @@ -663,22 +661,6 @@ Like This can be used to specify machine-specific login-time initializations globally. This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable. -.Sh INSTALLATION -.Nm -is normally run as root. If it is not run as root, it can -only log in as the user it is running as, and password authentication -may not work if the system uses shadow passwords. An alternative -host key file must also be used. -.Pp -.Nm -is normally started from -.Pa /etc/rc -or equivalent at system boot. -.Pp -Considerable work has been put to making -.Nm -secure. However, if you find a security problem, please report it -immediately to <ssh-bugs@cs.hut.fi>. .Sh AUTHOR Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi> .Pp @@ -686,12 +668,23 @@ Information about new releases, mailing lists, and other related issues can be found from the SSH WWW home page: .Pp .Dl http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh. +.Pp +This version of +.Nm +is a derivative of the original 1.2.12 release, but with bugs removed and +newer features re-added. Rapidly after the 1.2.12 release, newer versions +bore successively more restrictive licenses. In this version, all components +of a restrictive nature (ie. patents) have been directly removed from the +source code; any licensed or patented components are chosen from external +libraries. The libraries described in +.Xr ssl 8 +are required for proper operation. .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr make-ssh-known-hosts 1 , .Xr rlogin 1 , .Xr rsh 1 , .Xr scp 1 , .Xr ssh 1 , -.Xr ssh-add x 1 , +.Xr ssh-add 1 , .Xr ssh-agent 1 , -.Xr ssh-keygen 1 +.Xr ssh-keygen 1 , +.Xr ssl 8 |