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authorDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2003-04-01 21:42:14 +1000
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2003-04-01 21:42:14 +1000
commit495dca35186a9a33c85a6fa2bcc1b127512bb688 (patch)
tree20392805c7b28713143bd8489a98b513a93d411a /ssh.1
parentf18462f5bff7265d151f9367d4dd2632a0b0fb25 (diff)
- (djm) OpenBSD CVS Sync
- jmc@cvs.openbsd.org 2003/03/28 10:11:43 [scp.1 sftp.1 ssh.1 ssh-add.1 ssh-agent.1 ssh_config.5 sshd_config.5] [ssh-keygen.1 ssh-keyscan.1 ssh-keysign.8] - killed whitespace - new sentence new line - .Bk for arguments ok markus@
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh.1')
-rw-r--r--ssh.134
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/ssh.1 b/ssh.1
index 27808b1f3..fd822bb3d 100644
--- a/ssh.1
+++ b/ssh.1
@@ -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.1,v 1.167 2002/09/27 15:46:21 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.168 2003/03/28 10:11:43 jmc Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
.Op Ar command
.Pp
.Nm ssh
+.Bk -words
.Op Fl afgknqstvxACNTX1246
.Op Fl b Ar bind_address
.Op Fl c Ar cipher_spec
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@
.Sm on
.Xc
.Oc
+.Ek
+.Bk -words
.Oo Fl R Xo
.Sm off
.Ar port :
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@
.Op Fl D Ar port
.Ar hostname | user@hostname
.Op Ar command
+.Ek
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
(SSH client) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for
@@ -361,7 +365,7 @@ variable is set to
.Fl A
and
.Fl a
-options described later) and
+options described later) and
the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent
is automatically forwarded to the remote side.
.Pp
@@ -403,10 +407,11 @@ Disables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
Enables forwarding of the authentication agent connection.
This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
.Pp
-Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the
-ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the agent's
-Unix-domain socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded
-connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent,
+Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution.
+Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host
+(for the agent's Unix-domain socket)
+can access the local agent through the forwarded connection.
+An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent,
however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to
authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent.
.It Fl b Ar bind_address
@@ -428,8 +433,8 @@ is only supported in the
client for interoperability with legacy protocol 1 implementations
that do not support the
.Ar 3des
-cipher. Its use is strongly discouraged due to cryptographic
-weaknesses.
+cipher.
+Its use is strongly discouraged due to cryptographic weaknesses.
.It Fl c Ar cipher_spec
Additionally, for protocol version 2 a comma-separated list of ciphers can
be specified in order of preference.
@@ -566,11 +571,11 @@ Disables X11 forwarding.
Enables X11 forwarding.
This can also be specified on a per-host basis in a configuration file.
.Pp
-X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the ability
-to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's X
-authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the
-forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able to perform
-activities such as keystroke monitoring.
+X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution.
+Users with the ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host
+(for the user's X authorization database)
+can access the local X11 display through the forwarded connection.
+An attacker may then be able to perform activities such as keystroke monitoring.
.It Fl C
Requests compression of all data (including stdin, stdout, stderr, and
data for forwarded X11 and TCP/IP connections).
@@ -637,7 +642,8 @@ This works by allocating a socket to listen to
on the local side, and whenever a connection is made to this port, the
connection is forwarded over the secure channel, and the application
protocol is then used to determine where to connect to from the
-remote machine. Currently the SOCKS4 protocol is supported, and
+remote machine.
+Currently the SOCKS4 protocol is supported, and
.Nm
will act as a SOCKS4 server.
Only root can forward privileged ports.