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authordes <des@FreeBSD.org>2005-09-03 06:59:33 +0000
committerdes <des@FreeBSD.org>2005-09-03 06:59:33 +0000
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Vendor import of OpenSSH 4.2p1.
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diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5 b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
index b357533..9ddb094 100644
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" (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 1.49 2005/03/16 11:10:38 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.61 2005/07/08 12:53:10 jmc Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
.Nd OpenSSH SSH client configuration files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
-.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/config
+.It Pa ~/.ssh/config
.It Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
.El
.Sh DESCRIPTION
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ the following order:
command-line options
.It
user's configuration file
-.Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config
+.Pq Pa ~/.ssh/config
.It
system-wide configuration file
.Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ or
The default is
.Dq no .
.It Cm BindAddress
-Specify the interface to transmit from on machines with multiple
-interfaces or aliased addresses.
+Use the specified address on the local machine as the source address of
+the connection.
+Only useful on systems with more than one address.
Note that this option does not work if
.Cm UsePrivilegedPort
is set to
@@ -193,14 +194,17 @@ The supported ciphers are
.Dq aes128-ctr ,
.Dq aes192-ctr ,
.Dq aes256-ctr ,
+.Dq arcfour128 ,
+.Dq arcfour256 ,
.Dq arcfour ,
.Dq blowfish-cbc ,
and
.Dq cast128-cbc .
The default is
.Bd -literal
- ``aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour,
- aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc''
+ ``aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,arcfour128,
+ arcfour256,arcfour,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,aes128-ctr,
+ aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr''
.Ed
.It Cm ClearAllForwardings
Specifies that all local, remote and dynamic port forwardings
@@ -270,11 +274,47 @@ to listen for control connections, but require confirmation using the
program before they are accepted (see
.Xr ssh-add 1
for details).
+If the
+.Cm ControlPath
+can not be opened,
+.Nm ssh
+will continue without connecting to a master instance.
+.Pp
+X11 and
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+forwarding is supported over these multiplexed connections, however the
+display and agent fowarded will be the one belonging to the master
+connection i.e. it is not possible to forward multiple displays or agents.
+.Pp
+Two additional options allow for opportunistic multiplexing: try to use a
+master connection but fall back to creating a new one if one does not already
+exist.
+These options are:
+.Dq auto
+and
+.Dq autoask .
+The latter requires confirmation like the
+.Dq ask
+option.
.It Cm ControlPath
-Specify the path to the control socket used for connection sharing.
-See
+Specify the path to the control socket used for connection sharing as described
+in the
.Cm ControlMaster
-above.
+section above or the string
+.Dq none
+to disable connection sharing.
+In the path,
+.Ql %h
+will be substituted by the target host name,
+.Ql %p
+the port and
+.Ql %r
+by the remote login username.
+It is recommended that any
+.Cm ControlPath
+used for opportunistic connection sharing include
+all three of these escape sequences.
+This ensures that shared connections are uniquely identified.
.It Cm DynamicForward
Specifies that a TCP/IP port on the local machine be forwarded
over the secure channel, and the application
@@ -411,7 +451,7 @@ Note that this option applies to protocol version 2 only.
Indicates that
.Nm ssh
should hash host names and addresses when they are added to
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
+.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts .
These hashed names may be used normally by
.Nm ssh
and
@@ -457,11 +497,11 @@ specifications).
Specifies a file from which the user's RSA or DSA authentication identity
is read.
The default is
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity
+.Pa ~/.ssh/identity
for protocol version 1, and
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
and
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
for protocol version 2.
Additionally, any identities represented by the authentication agent
will be used for authentication.
@@ -616,6 +656,14 @@ Note that
.Cm CheckHostIP
is not available for connects with a proxy command.
.Pp
+This directive is useful in conjunction with
+.Xr nc 1
+and its proxy support.
+For example, the following directive would connect via an HTTP proxy at
+192.0.2.0:
+.Bd -literal -offset 3n
+ProxyCommand /usr/bin/nc -X connect -x 192.0.2.0:8080 %h %p
+.Ed
.It Cm PubkeyAuthentication
Specifies whether to try public key authentication.
The argument to this keyword must be
@@ -751,7 +799,7 @@ If this flag is set to
.Dq yes ,
.Nm ssh
will never automatically add host keys to the
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
+.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts
file, and refuses to connect to hosts whose host key has changed.
This provides maximum protection against trojan horse attacks,
however, can be annoying when the
@@ -823,7 +871,7 @@ having to remember to give the user name on the command line.
.It Cm UserKnownHostsFile
Specifies a file to use for the user
host key database instead of
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
+.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts .
.It Cm VerifyHostKeyDNS
Specifies whether to verify the remote key using DNS and SSHFP resource
records.
@@ -856,7 +904,7 @@ The default is
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/config
+.It Pa ~/.ssh/config
This is the per-user configuration file.
The format of this file is described above.
This file is used by the
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