- djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2010/08/31 11:54:45
[PROTOCOL PROTOCOL.agent PROTOCOL.certkeys auth2-jpake.c authfd.c]
[authfile.c buffer.h dns.c kex.c kex.h key.c key.h monitor.c]
[monitor_wrap.c myproposal.h packet.c packet.h pathnames.h readconf.c]
[ssh-add.1 ssh-add.c ssh-agent.1 ssh-agent.c ssh-keygen.1 ssh-keygen.c]
[ssh-keyscan.1 ssh-keyscan.c ssh-keysign.8 ssh.1 ssh.c ssh2.h]
[ssh_config.5 sshconnect.c sshconnect2.c sshd.8 sshd.c sshd_config.5]
[uuencode.c uuencode.h bufec.c kexecdh.c kexecdhc.c kexecdhs.c ssh-ecdsa.c]
Implement Elliptic Curve Cryptography modes for key exchange (ECDH) and
host/user keys (ECDSA) as specified by RFC5656. ECDH and ECDSA offer
better performance than plain DH and DSA at the same equivalent symmetric
key length, as well as much shorter keys.
Only the mandatory sections of RFC5656 are implemented, specifically the
three REQUIRED curves nistp256, nistp384 and nistp521 and only ECDH and
ECDSA. Point compression (optional in RFC5656 is NOT implemented).
Certificate host and user keys using the new ECDSA key types are supported.
Note that this code has not been tested for interoperability and may be
subject to change.
feedback and ok markus@
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1
index 9acd8f8..4b95a4e 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.1
+++ b/ssh-keygen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.98 2010/08/04 06:07:11 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.99 2010/08/31 11:54:45 djm Exp $
.\"
.\" -*- nroff -*-
.\"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 4 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 31 2010 $
.Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
generates, manages and converts authentication keys for
.Xr ssh 1 .
.Nm
-can create RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 1 and RSA or DSA
+can create RSA keys for use by SSH protocol version 1 and RSA, DSA or ECDSA
keys for use by SSH protocol version 2.
The type of key to be generated is specified with the
.Fl t
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@
section for details.
.Pp
Normally each user wishing to use SSH
-with RSA or DSA authentication runs this once to create the authentication
+with public key authentication runs this once to create the authentication
key in
.Pa ~/.ssh/identity ,
+.Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa ,
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
or
.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa .