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3.\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
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37.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.230 2006/02/24 20:31:31 jmc Exp $
38.Dd September 25, 1999
39.Dt SSHD 8
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm sshd
43.Nd OpenSSH SSH daemon
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm sshd
46.Bk -words
47.Op Fl 46Ddeiqt
48.Op Fl b Ar bits
49.Op Fl f Ar config_file
50.Op Fl g Ar login_grace_time
51.Op Fl h Ar host_key_file
52.Op Fl k Ar key_gen_time
53.Op Fl o Ar option
54.Op Fl p Ar port
55.Op Fl u Ar len
56.Ek
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58.Nm
59(OpenSSH Daemon) is the daemon program for
60.Xr ssh 1 .
61Together these programs replace rlogin and rsh, and
62provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts
63over an insecure network.
64.Pp
65.Nm
66listens for connections from clients.
67It is normally started at boot from
68.Pa /etc/rc .
69It forks a new
70daemon for each incoming connection.
71The forked daemons handle
72key exchange, encryption, authentication, command execution,
73and data exchange.
74.Pp
75.Nm
76can be configured using command-line options or a configuration file
77(by default
78.Xr sshd_config 5 ) ;
79command-line options override values specified in the
80configuration file.
81.Nm
82rereads its configuration file when it receives a hangup signal,
83.Dv SIGHUP ,
84by executing itself with the name and options it was started with, e.g.\&
85.Pa /usr/sbin/sshd .
86.Pp
87The options are as follows:
88.Bl -tag -width Ds
89.It Fl 4
90Forces
91.Nm
92to use IPv4 addresses only.
93.It Fl 6
94Forces
95.Nm
96to use IPv6 addresses only.
97.It Fl b Ar bits
98Specifies the number of bits in the ephemeral protocol version 1
99server key (default 768).
100.It Fl D
101When this option is specified,
102.Nm
103will not detach and does not become a daemon.
104This allows easy monitoring of
105.Nm sshd .
106.It Fl d
107Debug mode.
108The server sends verbose debug output to the system
109log, and does not put itself in the background.
110The server also will not fork and will only process one connection.
111This option is only intended for debugging for the server.
112Multiple
113.Fl d
114options increase the debugging level.
115Maximum is 3.
116.It Fl e
117When this option is specified,
118.Nm
119will send the output to the standard error instead of the system log.
120.It Fl f Ar configuration_file
121Specifies the name of the configuration file.
122The default is
123.Pa /etc/ssh/sshd_config .
124.Nm
125refuses to start if there is no configuration file.
126.It Fl g Ar login_grace_time
127Gives the grace time for clients to authenticate themselves (default
128120 seconds).
129If the client fails to authenticate the user within
130this many seconds, the server disconnects and exits.
131A value of zero indicates no limit.
132.It Fl h Ar host_key_file
133Specifies a file from which a host key is read.
134This option must be given if
135.Nm
136is not run as root (as the normal
137host key files are normally not readable by anyone but root).
138The default is
139.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
140for protocol version 1, and
141.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
142and
143.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
144for protocol version 2.
145It is possible to have multiple host key files for
146the different protocol versions and host key algorithms.
147.It Fl i
148Specifies that
149.Nm
150is being run from
151.Xr inetd 8 .
152.Nm
153is normally not run
154from inetd because it needs to generate the server key before it can
155respond to the client, and this may take tens of seconds.
156Clients would have to wait too long if the key was regenerated every time.
157However, with small key sizes (e.g. 512) using
158.Nm
159from inetd may
160be feasible.
161.It Fl k Ar key_gen_time
162Specifies how often the ephemeral protocol version 1 server key is
163regenerated (default 3600 seconds, or one hour).
164The motivation for regenerating the key fairly
165often is that the key is not stored anywhere, and after about an hour
166it becomes impossible to recover the key for decrypting intercepted
167communications even if the machine is cracked into or physically
168seized.
169A value of zero indicates that the key will never be regenerated.
170.It Fl o Ar option
171Can be used to give options in the format used in the configuration file.
172This is useful for specifying options for which there is no separate
173command-line flag.
174For full details of the options, and their values, see
175.Xr sshd_config 5 .
176.It Fl p Ar port
177Specifies the port on which the server listens for connections
178(default 22).
179Multiple port options are permitted.
180Ports specified in the configuration file with the
181.Cm Port
182option are ignored when a command-line port is specified.
183Ports specified using the
184.Cm ListenAddress
185option override command-line ports.
186.It Fl q
187Quiet mode.
188Nothing is sent to the system log.
189Normally the beginning,
190authentication, and termination of each connection is logged.
191.It Fl t
192Test mode.
193Only check the validity of the configuration file and sanity of the keys.
194This is useful for updating
195.Nm
196reliably as configuration options may change.
197.It Fl u Ar len
198This option is used to specify the size of the field
199in the
200.Li utmp
201structure that holds the remote host name.
202If the resolved host name is longer than
203.Ar len ,
204the dotted decimal value will be used instead.
205This allows hosts with very long host names that
206overflow this field to still be uniquely identified.
207Specifying
208.Fl u0
209indicates that only dotted decimal addresses
210should be put into the
211.Pa utmp
212file.
213.Fl u0
214may also be used to prevent
215.Nm
216from making DNS requests unless the authentication
217mechanism or configuration requires it.
218Authentication mechanisms that may require DNS include
219.Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication ,
220.Cm HostbasedAuthentication ,
221and using a
222.Cm from="pattern-list"
223option in a key file.
224Configuration options that require DNS include using a
225USER@HOST pattern in
226.Cm AllowUsers
227or
228.Cm DenyUsers .
229.El
230.Sh AUTHENTICATION
231The OpenSSH SSH daemon supports SSH protocols 1 and 2.
232Both protocols are supported by default,
233though this can be changed via the
234.Cm Protocol
235option in
236.Xr sshd_config 5 .
237Protocol 2 supports both RSA and DSA keys;
238protocol 1 only supports RSA keys.
239For both protocols,
240each host has a host-specific key,
241normally 2048 bits,
242used to identify the host.
243.Pp
244Forward security for protocol 1 is provided through
245an additional server key,
246normally 768 bits,
247generated when the server starts.
248This key is normally regenerated every hour if it has been used, and
249is never stored on disk.
250Whenever a client connects, the daemon responds with its public
251host and server keys.
252The client compares the
253RSA host key against its own database to verify that it has not changed.
254The client then generates a 256-bit random number.
255It encrypts this
256random number using both the host key and the server key, and sends
257the encrypted number to the server.
258Both sides then use this
259random number as a session key which is used to encrypt all further
260communications in the session.
261The rest of the session is encrypted
262using a conventional cipher, currently Blowfish or 3DES, with 3DES
263being used by default.
264The client selects the encryption algorithm
265to use from those offered by the server.
266.Pp
267For protocol 2,
268forward security is provided through a Diffie-Hellman key agreement.
269This key agreement results in a shared session key.
270The rest of the session is encrypted using a symmetric cipher, currently
271128-bit AES, Blowfish, 3DES, CAST128, Arcfour, 192-bit AES, or 256-bit AES.
272The client selects the encryption algorithm
273to use from those offered by the server.
274Additionally, session integrity is provided
275through a cryptographic message authentication code
276(hmac-sha1 or hmac-md5).
277.Pp
278Finally, the server and the client enter an authentication dialog.
279The client tries to authenticate itself using
280host-based authentication,
281public key authentication,
282challenge-response authentication,
283or password authentication.
284.Pp
285Regardless of the authentication type, the account is checked to
286ensure that it is accessible. An account is not accessible if it is
287locked, listed in
288.Cm DenyUsers
289or its group is listed in
290.Cm DenyGroups
291\&. The definition of a locked account is system dependant. Some platforms
292have their own account database (eg AIX) and some modify the passwd field (
293.Ql \&*LK\&*
294on Solaris and UnixWare,
295.Ql \&*
296on HP-UX, containing
297.Ql Nologin
298on Tru64,
299a leading
300.Ql \&*LOCKED\&*
301on FreeBSD and a leading
302.Ql \&!!
303on Linux). If there is a requirement to disable password authentication
304for the account while allowing still public-key, then the passwd field
305should be set to something other than these values (eg
306.Ql NP
307or
308.Ql \&*NP\&*
309).
310.Pp
311If the client successfully authenticates itself, a dialog for
312preparing the session is entered.
313At this time the client may request
314things like allocating a pseudo-tty, forwarding X11 connections,
315forwarding TCP connections, or forwarding the authentication agent
316connection over the secure channel.
317.Pp
318After this, the client either requests a shell or execution of a command.
319The sides then enter session mode.
320In this mode, either side may send
321data at any time, and such data is forwarded to/from the shell or
322command on the server side, and the user terminal in the client side.
323.Pp
324When the user program terminates and all forwarded X11 and other
325connections have been closed, the server sends command exit status to
326the client, and both sides exit.
327.Sh LOGIN PROCESS
328When a user successfully logs in,
329.Nm
330does the following:
331.Bl -enum -offset indent
332.It
333If the login is on a tty, and no command has been specified,
334prints last login time and
335.Pa /etc/motd
336(unless prevented in the configuration file or by
337.Pa ~/.hushlogin ;
338see the
339.Sx FILES
340section).
341.It
342If the login is on a tty, records login time.
343.It
344Checks
345.Pa /etc/nologin ;
346if it exists, prints contents and quits
347(unless root).
348.It
349Changes to run with normal user privileges.
350.It
351Sets up basic environment.
352.It
353Reads the file
354.Pa ~/.ssh/environment ,
355if it exists, and users are allowed to change their environment.
356See the
357.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
358option in
359.Xr sshd_config 5 .
360.It
361Changes to user's home directory.
362.It
363If
364.Pa ~/.ssh/rc
365exists, runs it; else if
366.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
367exists, runs
368it; otherwise runs xauth.
369The
370.Dq rc
371files are given the X11
372authentication protocol and cookie in standard input.
373See
374.Sx SSHRC ,
375below.
376.It
377Runs user's shell or command.
378.El
379.Sh SSHRC
380If the file
381.Pa ~/.ssh/rc
382exists,
383.Xr sh 1
384runs it after reading the
385environment files but before starting the user's shell or command.
386It must not produce any output on stdout; stderr must be used
387instead.
388If X11 forwarding is in use, it will receive the "proto cookie" pair in
389its standard input (and
390.Ev DISPLAY
391in its environment).
392The script must call
393.Xr xauth 1
394because
395.Nm
396will not run xauth automatically to add X11 cookies.
397.Pp
398The primary purpose of this file is to run any initialization routines
399which may be needed before the user's home directory becomes
400accessible; AFS is a particular example of such an environment.
401.Pp
402This file will probably contain some initialization code followed by
403something similar to:
404.Bd -literal -offset 3n
405if read proto cookie && [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
406 if [ `echo $DISPLAY | cut -c1-10` = 'localhost:' ]; then
407 # X11UseLocalhost=yes
408 echo add unix:`echo $DISPLAY |
409 cut -c11-` $proto $cookie
410 else
411 # X11UseLocalhost=no
412 echo add $DISPLAY $proto $cookie
413 fi | xauth -q -
414fi
415.Ed
416.Pp
417If this file does not exist,
418.Pa /etc/ssh/sshrc
419is run, and if that
420does not exist either, xauth is used to add the cookie.
421.Sh AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT
422.Cm AuthorizedKeysFile
423specifies the file containing public keys for
424public key authentication;
425if none is specified, the default is
426.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys .
427Each line of the file contains one
428key (empty lines and lines starting with a
429.Ql #
430are ignored as
431comments).
432Protocol 1 public keys consist of the following space-separated fields:
433options, bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
434Protocol 2 public key consist of:
435options, keytype, base64-encoded key, comment.
436The options field is optional;
437its presence is determined by whether the line starts
438with a number or not (the options field never starts with a number).
439The bits, exponent, modulus, and comment fields give the RSA key for
440protocol version 1; the
441comment field is not used for anything (but may be convenient for the
442user to identify the key).
443For protocol version 2 the keytype is
444.Dq ssh-dss
445or
446.Dq ssh-rsa .
447.Pp
448Note that lines in this file are usually several hundred bytes long
449(because of the size of the public key encoding) up to a limit of
4508 kilobytes, which permits DSA keys up to 8 kilobits and RSA
451keys up to 16 kilobits.
452You don't want to type them in; instead, copy the
453.Pa identity.pub ,
454.Pa id_dsa.pub ,
455or the
456.Pa id_rsa.pub
457file and edit it.
458.Pp
459.Nm
460enforces a minimum RSA key modulus size for protocol 1
461and protocol 2 keys of 768 bits.
462.Pp
463The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option
464specifications.
465No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
466The following option specifications are supported (note
467that option keywords are case-insensitive):
468.Bl -tag -width Ds
469.It Cm command="command"
470Specifies that the command is executed whenever this key is used for
471authentication.
472The command supplied by the user (if any) is ignored.
473The command is run on a pty if the client requests a pty;
474otherwise it is run without a tty.
475If an 8-bit clean channel is required,
476one must not request a pty or should specify
477.Cm no-pty .
478A quote may be included in the command by quoting it with a backslash.
479This option might be useful
480to restrict certain public keys to perform just a specific operation.
481An example might be a key that permits remote backups but nothing else.
482Note that the client may specify TCP and/or X11
483forwarding unless they are explicitly prohibited.
484Note that this option applies to shell, command or subsystem execution.
485.It Cm environment="NAME=value"
486Specifies that the string is to be added to the environment when
487logging in using this key.
488Environment variables set this way
489override other default environment values.
490Multiple options of this type are permitted.
491Environment processing is disabled by default and is
492controlled via the
493.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
494option.
495This option is automatically disabled if
496.Cm UseLogin
497is enabled.
498.It Cm from="pattern-list"
499Specifies that in addition to public key authentication, the canonical name
500of the remote host must be present in the comma-separated list of
501patterns.
502The purpose
503of this option is to optionally increase security: public key authentication
504by itself does not trust the network or name servers or anything (but
505the key); however, if somebody somehow steals the key, the key
506permits an intruder to log in from anywhere in the world.
507This additional option makes using a stolen key more difficult (name
508servers and/or routers would have to be compromised in addition to
509just the key).
510.Pp
511See
512.Sx PATTERNS
513in
514.Xr ssh_config 5
515for more information on patterns.
516.It Cm no-agent-forwarding
517Forbids authentication agent forwarding when this key is used for
518authentication.
519.It Cm no-port-forwarding
520Forbids TCP forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
521Any port forward requests by the client will return an error.
522This might be used, e.g. in connection with the
523.Cm command
524option.
525.It Cm no-pty
526Prevents tty allocation (a request to allocate a pty will fail).
527.It Cm no-X11-forwarding
528Forbids X11 forwarding when this key is used for authentication.
529Any X11 forward requests by the client will return an error.
530.It Cm permitopen="host:port"
531Limit local
532.Li ``ssh -L''
533port forwarding such that it may only connect to the specified host and
534port.
535IPv6 addresses can be specified with an alternative syntax:
536.Ar host Ns / Ns Ar port .
537Multiple
538.Cm permitopen
539options may be applied separated by commas.
540No pattern matching is performed on the specified hostnames,
541they must be literal domains or addresses.
542.It Cm tunnel="n"
543Force a
544.Xr tun 4
545device on the server.
546Without this option, the next available device will be used if
547the client requests a tunnel.
548.El
549.Pp
550An example authorized_keys file:
551.Bd -literal -offset 3n
552# Comments allowed at start of line
553ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nza...LiPk== user@example.net
554from="*.sales.example.net,!pc.sales.example.net" ssh-rsa
555AAAAB2...19Q== john@example.net
556command="dump /home",no-pty,no-port-forwarding ssh-dss
557AAAAC3...51R== example.net
558permitopen="192.0.2.1:80",permitopen="192.0.2.2:25" ssh-dss
559AAAAB5...21S==
560tunnel="0",command="sh /etc/netstart tun0" ssh-rsa AAAA...==
561jane@example.net
562.Ed
563.Sh SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS FILE FORMAT
564The
565.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
566and
567.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts
568files contain host public keys for all known hosts.
569The global file should
570be prepared by the administrator (optional), and the per-user file is
571maintained automatically: whenever the user connects from an unknown host,
572its key is added to the per-user file.
573.Pp
574Each line in these files contains the following fields: hostnames,
575bits, exponent, modulus, comment.
576The fields are separated by spaces.
577.Pp
578Hostnames is a comma-separated list of patterns
579.Pf ( Ql *
580and
581.Ql \&?
582act as
583wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
584name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
585name (when authenticating a server).
586A pattern may also be preceded by
587.Ql \&!
588to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated
589pattern, it is not accepted (by that line) even if it matched another
590pattern on the line.
591.Pp
592Alternately, hostnames may be stored in a hashed form which hides host names
593and addresses should the file's contents be disclosed.
594Hashed hostnames start with a
595.Ql |
596character.
597Only one hashed hostname may appear on a single line and none of the above
598negation or wildcard operators may be applied.
599.Pp
600Bits, exponent, and modulus are taken directly from the RSA host key; they
601can be obtained, for example, from
602.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub .
603The optional comment field continues to the end of the line, and is not used.
604.Pp
605Lines starting with
606.Ql #
607and empty lines are ignored as comments.
608.Pp
609When performing host authentication, authentication is accepted if any
610matching line has the proper key.
611It is thus permissible (but not
612recommended) to have several lines or different host keys for the same
613names.
614This will inevitably happen when short forms of host names
615from different domains are put in the file.
616It is possible
617that the files contain conflicting information; authentication is
618accepted if valid information can be found from either file.
619.Pp
620Note that the lines in these files are typically hundreds of characters
621long, and you definitely don't want to type in the host keys by hand.
622Rather, generate them by a script
623or by taking
624.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
625and adding the host names at the front.
626.Pp
627An example ssh_known_hosts file:
628.Bd -literal -offset 3n
629# Comments allowed at start of line
630closenet,...,192.0.2.53 1024 37 159...93 closenet.example.net
631cvs.example.net,192.0.2.10 ssh-rsa AAAA1234.....=
632# A hashed hostname
633|1|JfKTdBh7rNbXkVAQCRp4OQoPfmI=|USECr3SWf1JUPsms5AqfD5QfxkM= ssh-rsa
634AAAA1234.....=
635.Ed
636.Sh FILES
637.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
638.It ~/.hushlogin
639This file is used to suppress printing the last login time and
640.Pa /etc/motd ,
641if
642.Cm PrintLastLog
643and
644.Cm PrintMotd ,
645respectively,
646are enabled.
647It does not suppress printing of the banner specified by
648.Cm Banner .
649.Pp
650.It ~/.rhosts
651This file is used for host-based authentication (see
652.Xr ssh 1
653for more information).
654On some machines this file may need to be
655world-readable if the user's home directory is on an NFS partition,
656because
657.Nm
658reads it as root.
659Additionally, this file must be owned by the user,
660and must not have write permissions for anyone else.
661The recommended
662permission for most machines is read/write for the user, and not
663accessible by others.
664.Pp
665.It ~/.shosts
666This file is used in exactly the same way as
667.Pa .rhosts ,
668but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with
669rlogin/rsh.
670.Pp
671.It ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
672Lists the public keys (RSA/DSA) that can be used for logging in as this user.
673The format of this file is described above.
674This file is not highly sensitive, but the recommended
675permissions are read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
676.Pp
677.It ~/.ssh/environment
678This file is read into the environment at login (if it exists).
679It can only contain empty lines, comment lines (that start with
680.Ql # ) ,
681and assignment lines of the form name=value.
682The file should be writable
683only by the user; it need not be readable by anyone else.
684Environment processing is disabled by default and is
685controlled via the
686.Cm PermitUserEnvironment
687option.
688.Pp
689.It ~/.ssh/known_hosts
690Contains a list of host keys for all hosts the user has logged into
691that are not already in the systemwide list of known host keys.
692The format of this file is described above.
693This file should be writable only by root/the owner and
694can, but need not be, world-readable.
695.Pp
696.It ~/.ssh/rc
697Contains initialization routines to be run before
698the user's home directory becomes accessible.
699This file should be writable only by the user, and need not be
700readable by anyone else.
701.Pp
702.It /etc/hosts.allow
703.It /etc/hosts.deny
704Access controls that should be enforced by tcp-wrappers are defined here.
705Further details are described in
706.Xr hosts_access 5 .
707.Pp
708.It /etc/hosts.equiv
709This file is for host-based authentication (see
710.Xr ssh 1 ) .
711It should only be writable by root.
712.Pp
713.It /etc/moduli
714Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for the "Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange".
715The file format is described in
716.Xr moduli 5 .
717.Pp
718.It /etc/motd
719See
720.Xr motd 5 .
721.Pp
722.It /etc/nologin
723If this file exists,
724.Nm
725refuses to let anyone except root log in.
726The contents of the file
727are displayed to anyone trying to log in, and non-root connections are
728refused.
729The file should be world-readable.
730.Pp
731.It /etc/shosts.equiv
732This file is used in exactly the same way as
733.Pa hosts.equiv ,
734but allows host-based authentication without permitting login with
735rlogin/rsh.
736.Pp
737.It /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
738Systemwide list of known host keys.
739This file should be prepared by the
740system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the
741organization.
742The format of this file is described above.
743This file should be writable only by root/the owner and
744should be world-readable.
745.Pp
746.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
747.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
748.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
749These three files contain the private parts of the host keys.
750These files should only be owned by root, readable only by root, and not
751accessible to others.
752Note that
753.Nm
754does not start if these files are group/world-accessible.
755.Pp
756.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub
757.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
758.It /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
759These three files contain the public parts of the host keys.
760These files should be world-readable but writable only by
761root.
762Their contents should match the respective private parts.
763These files are not
764really used for anything; they are provided for the convenience of
765the user so their contents can be copied to known hosts files.
766These files are created using
767.Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
768.Pp
769.It /etc/ssh/sshd_config
770Contains configuration data for
771.Nm sshd .
772The file format and configuration options are described in
773.Xr sshd_config 5 .
774.Pp
775.It /etc/ssh/sshrc
776Similar to
777.Pa ~/.ssh/rc ,
778it can be used to specify
779machine-specific login-time initializations globally.
780This file should be writable only by root, and should be world-readable.
781.Pp
782.It /var/empty
783.Xr chroot 2
784directory used by
785.Nm
786during privilege separation in the pre-authentication phase.
787The directory should not contain any files and must be owned by root
788and not group or world-writable.
789.Pp
790.It /var/run/sshd.pid
791Contains the process ID of the
792.Nm
793listening for connections (if there are several daemons running
794concurrently for different ports, this contains the process ID of the one
795started last).
796The content of this file is not sensitive; it can be world-readable.
797.El
798.Sh SEE ALSO
799.Xr scp 1 ,
800.Xr sftp 1 ,
801.Xr ssh 1 ,
802.Xr ssh-add 1 ,
803.Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
804.Xr ssh-keygen 1 ,
805.Xr chroot 2 ,
806.Xr hosts_access 5 ,
807.Xr login.conf 5 ,
808.Xr moduli 5 ,
809.Xr sshd_config 5 ,
810.Xr inetd 8 ,
811.Xr sftp-server 8
812.Sh AUTHORS
813OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
814ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
815Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
816Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
817removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
818created OpenSSH.
819Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
820protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.
821Niels Provos and Markus Friedl contributed support
822for privilege separation.
823.Sh CAVEATS
824System security is not improved unless
825.Nm rshd ,
826.Nm rlogind ,
827and
828.Nm rexecd
829are disabled (thus completely disabling
830.Xr rlogin
831and
832.Xr rsh
833into the machine).
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