=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-keygen.1,v retrieving revision 1.67 retrieving revision 1.67.2.1 diff -u -r1.67 -r1.67.2.1 --- src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-keygen.1 2005/03/14 10:09:03 1.67 +++ src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-keygen.1 2005/09/04 18:40:09 1.67.2.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.67 2005/03/14 10:09:03 dtucker Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.67.2.1 2005/09/04 18:40:09 brad Exp $ .\" .\" -*- nroff -*- .\" @@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ Normally each user wishing to use SSH with RSA or DSA authentication runs this once to create the authentication key in -.Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity , -.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa +.Pa ~/.ssh/identity , +.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa or -.Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa . +.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa . Additionally, the system administrator may use this to generate host keys, as seen in .Pa /etc/rc . @@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ .It Fl b Ar bits Specifies the number of bits in the key to create. Minimum is 512 bits. -Generally, 1024 bits is considered sufficient. -The default is 1024 bits. +Generally, 2048 bits is considered sufficient. +The default is 2048 bits. .It Fl C Ar comment Provides a new comment. .It Fl c @@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ that both ends of a connection share common moduli. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity +.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity Contains the protocol version 1 RSA authentication identity of the user. This file should not be readable by anyone but the user. It is possible to @@ -392,14 +392,14 @@ but it is offered as the default file for the private key. .Xr ssh 1 will read this file when a login attempt is made. -.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub +.It Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub Contains the protocol version 1 RSA public key for authentication. The contents of this file should be added to -.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines where the user wishes to log in using RSA authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret. -.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa +.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. This file should not be readable by anyone but the user. It is possible to @@ -410,14 +410,14 @@ but it is offered as the default file for the private key. .Xr ssh 1 will read this file when a login attempt is made. -.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa.pub +.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub Contains the protocol version 2 DSA public key for authentication. The contents of this file should be added to -.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines where the user wishes to log in using public key authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret. -.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa +.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. This file should not be readable by anyone but the user. It is possible to @@ -428,10 +428,10 @@ but it is offered as the default file for the private key. .Xr ssh 1 will read this file when a login attempt is made. -.It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub +.It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Contains the protocol version 2 RSA public key for authentication. The contents of this file should be added to -.Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines where the user wishes to log in using public key authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret.