.\" (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 1.115 2001/06/22 21:55:49 markus Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.116 2001/06/23 02:34:31 markus Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH 1
.Os
.Nm
automatically maintains and checks a database containing
identifications for all hosts it has ever been used with.
-RSA host keys are stored in
+Host keys are stored in
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
-and
-host keys used in the protocol version 2 are stored in
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2
in the user's home directory.
-Additionally, the files
+Additionally, the file
.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
-and
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
-are automatically checked for known hosts.
+is automatically checked for known hosts.
Any new hosts are automatically added to the user's file.
If a host's identification
ever changes,
The default is
.Dq no .
.It Cm GlobalKnownHostsFile
-Specifies a file to use for the protocol version 1 global
+Specifies a file to use for the global
host key database instead of
.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts .
-.It Cm GlobalKnownHostsFile2
-Specifies a file to use for the protocol version 2 global
-host key database instead of
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2 .
.It Cm HostbasedAuthentication
Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with public key
authentication.
.Nm
will never automatically add host keys to the
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
-and
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2
-files, and refuses to connect to hosts whose host key has changed.
+file, and refuses to connect to hosts whose host key has changed.
This provides maximum protection against trojan horse attacks.
However, it can be somewhat annoying if you don't have good
.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
-and
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
files installed and frequently
connect to new hosts.
This option forces the user to manually
This saves the trouble of
having to remember to give the user name on the command line.
.It Cm UserKnownHostsFile
-Specifies a file to use for the protocol version 1 user
+Specifies a file to use for the user
host key database instead of
.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts .
-.It Cm UserKnownHostsFile2
-Specifies a file to use for the protocol version 2 user
-host key database instead of
-.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2 .
.It Cm UseRsh
Specifies that rlogin/rsh should be used for this host.
It is possible that the host does not at all support the
to the environment.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts, $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2
+.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
Records host keys for all hosts the user has logged into (that are not
in
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
-for protocol version 1 or
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
-for protocol version 2).
+.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts .
See
.Xr sshd 8 .
.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity, $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa, $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
The format of this file is described in the
.Xr sshd 8
manual page.
+In the simplest form the format is the same as the .pub
+identity files.
This file is not highly sensitive, but the recommended
permissions are read/write for the user, and not accessible by others.
-.It Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts, /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
+.It Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
Systemwide list of known host keys.
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts
-contains RSA and
-.Pa /etc/ssh_known_hosts2
-contains RSA or DSA keys for protocol version 2.
-These files should be prepared by the
+This file should be prepared by the
system administrator to contain the public host keys of all machines in the
organization.
This file should be world-readable.
This file contains
public keys, one per line, in the following format (fields separated
-by spaces): system name, number of bits in modulus, public exponent,
-modulus, and optional comment field.
+by spaces): system name, public key and optional comment field.
When different names are used
for the same machine, all such names should be listed, separated by
commas.