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3730bb22 | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keyscan.1,v 1.8 2001/06/23 17:48:18 itojun Exp $ |
4371658c | 2 | .\" |
3 | .\" Copyright 1995, 1996 by David Mazieres <dm@lcs.mit.edu>. | |
4 | .\" | |
5 | .\" Modification and redistribution in source and binary forms is | |
6 | .\" permitted provided that due credit is given to the author and the | |
aa144206 | 7 | .\" OpenBSD project by leaving this copyright notice intact. |
23c2a7a5 | 8 | .\" |
f6fdbddf | 9 | .Dd January 1, 1996 |
4371658c | 10 | .Dt SSH-KEYSCAN 1 |
f6fdbddf | 11 | .Os |
12 | .Sh NAME | |
13 | .Nm ssh-keyscan | |
14 | .Nd gather ssh public keys | |
15 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
16 | .Nm ssh-keyscan | |
17 | .Op Fl t Ar timeout | |
18 | .Op Ar -- | host | addrlist namelist | |
19 | .Op Fl f Ar files ... | |
20 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
21 | .Nm | |
22 | is a utility for gathering the public ssh host keys of a number of | |
23 | hosts. It was designed to aid in building and verifying | |
24 | .Pa ssh_known_hosts | |
25 | files. | |
26 | .Nm | |
27 | provides a minimal interface suitable for use by shell and perl | |
28 | scripts. | |
29 | .Pp | |
30 | .Nm | |
31 | uses non-blocking socket I/O to contact as many hosts as possible in | |
32 | parallel, so it is very efficient. The keys from a domain of 1,000 | |
33 | hosts can be collected in tens of seconds, even when some of those | |
34 | hosts are down or do not run ssh. You do not need login access to the | |
05cc0c99 | 35 | machines you are scanning, nor does the scanning process involve |
f6fdbddf | 36 | any encryption. |
37 | .Sh SECURITY | |
38 | If you make an ssh_known_hosts file using | |
39 | .Nm | |
40 | without verifying the keys, you will be vulnerable to | |
41 | .I man in the middle | |
42 | attacks. | |
43 | On the other hand, if your security model allows such a risk, | |
44 | .Nm | |
45 | can help you detect tampered keyfiles or man in the middle attacks which | |
46 | have begun after you created your ssh_known_hosts file. | |
47 | .Sh OPTIONS | |
48 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
49 | .It Fl t | |
3730bb22 | 50 | Set the timeout for connection attempts. If |
f6fdbddf | 51 | .Pa timeout |
52 | seconds have elapsed since a connection was initiated to a host or since the | |
53 | last time anything was read from that host, then the connection is | |
54 | closed and the host in question considered unavailable. Default is 5 | |
55 | seconds. | |
56 | .It Fl f | |
3730bb22 | 57 | Read hosts or |
f6fdbddf | 58 | .Pa addrlist namelist |
59 | pairs from this file, one per line. | |
60 | If | |
61 | .Pa - | |
62 | is supplied instead of a filename, | |
63 | .Nm | |
3730bb22 | 64 | will read hosts or |
f6fdbddf | 65 | .Pa addrlist namelist |
66 | pairs from the standard input. | |
9616313f | 67 | .El |
f6fdbddf | 68 | .Sh EXAMPLES |
f6fdbddf | 69 | Print the host key for machine |
70 | .Pa hostname : | |
71 | .Bd -literal | |
72 | ssh-keyscan hostname | |
73 | .Ed | |
74 | .Pp | |
75 | Find all hosts from the file | |
76 | .Pa ssh_hosts | |
77 | which have new or different keys from those in the sorted file | |
78 | .Pa ssh_known_hosts : | |
79 | .Bd -literal | |
4371658c | 80 | $ ssh-keyscan -f ssh_hosts | sort -u - ssh_known_hosts | \e\ |
f6fdbddf | 81 | diff ssh_known_hosts - |
82 | .Ed | |
f6fdbddf | 83 | .Sh FILES |
f6fdbddf | 84 | .Pa Input format: |
85 | 1.2.3.4,1.2.4.4 name.my.domain,name,n.my.domain,n,1.2.3.4,1.2.4.4 | |
86 | .Pp | |
87 | .Pa Output format: | |
88 | host-or-namelist bits exponent modulus | |
89 | .Pp | |
90 | .Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts | |
91 | .Sh BUGS | |
92 | It generates "Connection closed by remote host" messages on the consoles | |
93 | of all the machines it scans. | |
94 | This is because it opens a connection to the ssh port, reads the public | |
95 | key, and drops the connection as soon as it gets the key. | |
96 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
4371658c | 97 | .Xr ssh 1 , |
f6fdbddf | 98 | .Xr sshd 8 |
a5a2da3b | 99 | .Sh AUTHORS |
f6fdbddf | 100 | David Mazieres <dm@lcs.mit.edu> |