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diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh-keygen.1 b/crypto/openssh/ssh-keygen.1 index 855a1d5..5a04fc0 100644 --- a/crypto/openssh/ssh-keygen.1 +++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh-keygen.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.92 2010/03/13 23:38:13 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.98 2010/08/04 06:07:11 djm Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .\" -*- nroff -*- @@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 13, 2010 +.Dd August 4, 2010 .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ssh-keygen .Nd authentication key generation, management and conversion .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm ssh-keygen .Bk -words +.Nm ssh-keygen .Op Fl q .Op Fl b Ar bits .Fl t Ar type @@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ .Op Fl f Ar keyfile .Nm ssh-keygen .Fl i +.Op Fl m Ar key_format .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile .Nm ssh-keygen .Fl e +.Op Fl m Ar key_format .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile .Nm ssh-keygen .Fl y @@ -111,8 +113,9 @@ .Fl I Ar certificate_identity .Op Fl h .Op Fl n Ar principals -.Op Fl O Ar constraint +.Op Fl O Ar option .Op Fl V Ar validity_interval +.Op Fl z Ar serial_number .Ar .Nm ssh-keygen .Fl L @@ -213,13 +216,20 @@ the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment. .It Fl D Ar pkcs11 Download the RSA public keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library .Ar pkcs11 . +When used in combination with +.Fl s , +this option indicates that a CA key resides in a PKCS#11 token (see the +.Sx CERTIFICATES +section for details). .It Fl e This option will read a private or public OpenSSH key file and -print the key in -RFC 4716 SSH Public Key File Format -to stdout. -This option allows exporting keys for use by several commercial -SSH implementations. +print to stdout the key in one of the formats specified by the +.Fl m +option. +The default export format is +.Dq RFC4716 . +This option allows exporting OpenSSH keys for use by other programs, including +several commercial SSH implementations. .It Fl F Ar hostname Search for the specified .Ar hostname @@ -270,13 +280,14 @@ Please see the section for details. .It Fl i This option will read an unencrypted private (or public) key file -in SSH2-compatible format and print an OpenSSH compatible private +in the format specified by the +.Fl m +option and print an OpenSSH compatible private (or public) key to stdout. -.Nm -also reads the -RFC 4716 SSH Public Key File Format. -This option allows importing keys from several commercial -SSH implementations. +This option allows importing keys from other software, including several +commercial SSH implementations. +The default import format is +.Dq RFC4716 . .It Fl L Prints the contents of a certificate. .It Fl l @@ -291,6 +302,22 @@ an ASCII art representation of the key is supplied with the fingerprint. .It Fl M Ar memory Specify the amount of memory to use (in megabytes) when generating candidate moduli for DH-GEX. +.It Fl m Ar key_format +Specify a key format for the +.Fl i +(import) or +.Fl e +(export) conversion options. +The supported key formats are: +.Dq RFC4716 +(RFC 4716/SSH2 public or private key), +.Dq PKCS8 +(PEM PKCS8 public key) +or +.Dq PEM +(PEM public key). +The default conversion format is +.Dq RFC4716 . .It Fl N Ar new_passphrase Provides the new passphrase. .It Fl n Ar principals @@ -300,13 +327,13 @@ Multiple principals may be specified, separated by commas. Please see the .Sx CERTIFICATES section for details. -.It Fl O Ar constraint -Specify a certificate constraint when signing a key. +.It Fl O Ar option +Specify a certificate option when signing a key. This option may be specified multiple times. Please see the .Sx CERTIFICATES section for details. -The constraints that are valid for user certificates are: +The options that are valid for user certificates are: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ic clear Clear all enabled permissions. @@ -356,7 +383,7 @@ is a comma-separated list of one or more address/netmask pairs in CIDR format. .El .Pp -At present, no constraints are valid for host keys. +At present, no options are valid for host keys. .It Fl P Ar passphrase Provides the (old) passphrase. .It Fl p @@ -442,6 +469,10 @@ Specify desired generator when testing candidate moduli for DH-GEX. .It Fl y This option will read a private OpenSSH format file and print an OpenSSH public key to stdout. +.It Fl z Ar serial_number +Specifies a serial number to be embedded in the certificate to distinguish +this certificate from others from the same CA. +The default serial number is zero. .El .Sh MODULI GENERATION .Nm @@ -502,7 +533,7 @@ that both ends of a connection share common moduli. supports signing of keys to produce certificates that may be used for user or host authentication. Certificates consist of a public key, some identity information, zero or -more principal (user or host) names and an optional set of constraints that +more principal (user or host) names and a set of options that are signed by a Certification Authority (CA) key. Clients or servers may then trust only the CA key and verify its signature on a certificate rather than trusting many user/host keys. @@ -528,7 +559,17 @@ option: .Pp The host certificate will be output to .Pa /path/to/host_key-cert.pub . -In both cases, +.Pp +It is possible to sign using a CA key stored in a PKCS#11 token by +providing the token library using +.Fl D +and identifying the CA key by providing its public half as an argument +to +.Fl s : +.Pp +.Dl $ ssh-keygen -s ca_key.pub -D libpkcs11.so -I key_id host_key.pub +.Pp +In all cases, .Ar key_id is a "key identifier" that is logged by the server when the certificate is used for authentication. @@ -542,11 +583,11 @@ To generate a certificate for a specified set of principals: .Dl "$ ssh-keygen -s ca_key -I key_id -h -n host.domain user_key.pub" .Pp Additional limitations on the validity and use of user certificates may -be specified through certificate constraints. -A constrained certificate may disable features of the SSH session, may be +be specified through certificate options. +A certificate option may disable features of the SSH session, may be valid only when presented from particular source addresses or may force the use of a specific command. -For a list of valid certificate constraints, see the documentation for the +For a list of valid certificate options, see the documentation for the .Fl O option above. .Pp |
