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+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh-keygen.0
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-SSH-KEYGEN(1) OpenBSD Reference Manual SSH-KEYGEN(1)
+SSH-KEYGEN(1) General Commands Manual SSH-KEYGEN(1)
NAME
ssh-keygen - authentication key generation, management and conversion
SYNOPSIS
- ssh-keygen [-q] [-b bits] [-t type] [-N new_passphrase] [-C comment]
- [-f output_keyfile]
+ ssh-keygen [-q] [-b bits] [-t dsa | ecdsa | ed25519 | rsa | rsa1]
+ [-N new_passphrase] [-C comment] [-f output_keyfile]
ssh-keygen -p [-P old_passphrase] [-N new_passphrase] [-f keyfile]
ssh-keygen -i [-m key_format] [-f input_keyfile]
ssh-keygen -e [-m key_format] [-f input_keyfile]
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
-i This option will read an unencrypted private (or public) key file
in the format specified by the -m option and print an OpenSSH
- compatible private (or public) key to stdout.
+ compatible private (or public) key to stdout. This option allows
+ importing keys from other software, including several commercial
+ SSH implementations. The default import format is ``RFC4716''.
-J num_lines
Exit after screening the specified number of lines while
@@ -178,9 +180,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
Write the last line processed to the file checkpt while
performing DH candidate screening using the -T option. This will
be used to skip lines in the input file that have already been
- processed if the job is restarted. This option allows importing
- keys from other software, including several commercial SSH
- implementations. The default import format is ``RFC4716''.
+ processed if the job is restarted.
-k Generate a KRL file. In this mode, ssh-keygen will generate a
KRL file at the location specified via the -f flag that revokes
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
Test DH group exchange candidate primes (generated using the -G
option) for safety.
- -t type
+ -t dsa | ecdsa | ed25519 | rsa | rsa1
Specifies the type of key to create. The possible values are
``rsa1'' for protocol version 1 and ``dsa'', ``ecdsa'',
``ed25519'', or ``rsa'' for protocol version 2.
@@ -559,4 +559,4 @@ AUTHORS
created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol
versions 1.5 and 2.0.
-OpenBSD 5.5 February 5, 2014 OpenBSD 5.5
+OpenBSD 5.6 March 31, 2014 OpenBSD 5.6
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