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1.188   ! jmc        38: .Dd $Mdocdate: January 2 2020 $
1.2       deraadt    39: .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
                     40: .Os
                     41: .Sh NAME
                     42: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.179     jmc        43: .Nd OpenSSH authentication key utility
1.2       deraadt    44: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     45: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.25      markus     46: .Op Fl q
1.2       deraadt    47: .Op Fl b Ar bits
                     48: .Op Fl C Ar comment
1.20      markus     49: .Op Fl f Ar output_keyfile
1.155     djm        50: .Op Fl m Ar format
1.185     djm        51: .Op Fl O Ar option
1.175     djm        52: .Op Fl t Cm dsa | ecdsa | ecdsa-sk | ed25519 | ed25519-sk | rsa
1.171     jmc        53: .Op Fl N Ar new_passphrase
1.173     naddy      54: .Op Fl w Ar provider
1.2       deraadt    55: .Nm ssh-keygen
                     56: .Fl p
1.9       markus     57: .Op Fl f Ar keyfile
1.155     djm        58: .Op Fl m Ar format
1.171     jmc        59: .Op Fl N Ar new_passphrase
                     60: .Op Fl P Ar old_passphrase
1.2       deraadt    61: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.37      markus     62: .Fl i
1.171     jmc        63: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
1.95      djm        64: .Op Fl m Ar key_format
1.16      deraadt    65: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.37      markus     66: .Fl e
1.171     jmc        67: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
1.95      djm        68: .Op Fl m Ar key_format
1.16      deraadt    69: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.17      markus     70: .Fl y
1.20      markus     71: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
1.17      markus     72: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.2       deraadt    73: .Fl c
                     74: .Op Fl C Ar comment
1.9       markus     75: .Op Fl f Ar keyfile
1.171     jmc        76: .Op Fl P Ar passphrase
1.9       markus     77: .Nm ssh-keygen
                     78: .Fl l
1.125     naddy      79: .Op Fl v
1.124     djm        80: .Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
1.35      markus     81: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
                     82: .Nm ssh-keygen
                     83: .Fl B
1.20      markus     84: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
1.48      jakob      85: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.82      jmc        86: .Fl D Ar pkcs11
1.48      jakob      87: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.64      djm        88: .Fl F Ar hostname
1.170     jmc        89: .Op Fl lv
1.64      djm        90: .Op Fl f Ar known_hosts_file
                     91: .Nm ssh-keygen
                     92: .Fl H
                     93: .Op Fl f Ar known_hosts_file
                     94: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.187     djm        95: .Fl K
                     96: .Op Fl w Ar provider
                     97: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.64      djm        98: .Fl R Ar hostname
                     99: .Op Fl f Ar known_hosts_file
1.57      jakob     100: .Nm ssh-keygen
                    101: .Fl r Ar hostname
1.170     jmc       102: .Op Fl g
1.57      jakob     103: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
1.60      djm       104: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.184     djm       105: .Fl M Cm generate
                    106: .Op Fl O Ar option
                    107: .Ar
1.60      djm       108: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.184     djm       109: .Fl M Cm screen
1.171     jmc       110: .Fl f Ar input_file
1.184     djm       111: .Op Fl O Ar option
                    112: .Ar
1.84      djm       113: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.171     jmc       114: .Fl I Ar certificate_identity
1.84      djm       115: .Fl s Ar ca_key
1.170     jmc       116: .Op Fl hU
1.142     djm       117: .Op Fl D Ar pkcs11_provider
1.84      djm       118: .Op Fl n Ar principals
1.93      djm       119: .Op Fl O Ar option
1.84      djm       120: .Op Fl V Ar validity_interval
1.93      djm       121: .Op Fl z Ar serial_number
1.84      djm       122: .Ar
1.86      djm       123: .Nm ssh-keygen
                    124: .Fl L
                    125: .Op Fl f Ar input_keyfile
1.102     stevesk   126: .Nm ssh-keygen
                    127: .Fl A
1.143     djm       128: .Op Fl f Ar prefix_path
1.111     djm       129: .Nm ssh-keygen
                    130: .Fl k
                    131: .Fl f Ar krl_file
                    132: .Op Fl u
1.112     jmc       133: .Op Fl s Ar ca_public
                    134: .Op Fl z Ar version_number
1.111     djm       135: .Ar
                    136: .Nm ssh-keygen
                    137: .Fl Q
                    138: .Fl f Ar krl_file
                    139: .Ar
1.163     djm       140: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.171     jmc       141: .Fl Y Cm check-novalidate
                    142: .Fl n Ar namespace
                    143: .Fl s Ar signature_file
                    144: .Nm ssh-keygen
1.163     djm       145: .Fl Y Cm sign
                    146: .Fl f Ar key_file
                    147: .Fl n Ar namespace
                    148: .Ar
                    149: .Nm ssh-keygen
                    150: .Fl Y Cm verify
1.171     jmc       151: .Fl f Ar allowed_signers_file
1.163     djm       152: .Fl I Ar signer_identity
                    153: .Fl n Ar namespace
                    154: .Fl s Ar signature_file
                    155: .Op Fl r Ar revocation_file
1.13      aaron     156: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.2       deraadt   157: .Nm
1.37      markus    158: generates, manages and converts authentication keys for
1.2       deraadt   159: .Xr ssh 1 .
1.15      deraadt   160: .Nm
1.140     jmc       161: can create keys for use by SSH protocol version 2.
1.130     jmc       162: .Pp
1.58      jmc       163: The type of key to be generated is specified with the
1.25      markus    164: .Fl t
1.52      djm       165: option.
1.70      djm       166: If invoked without any arguments,
                    167: .Nm
1.141     naddy     168: will generate an RSA key.
1.15      deraadt   169: .Pp
1.60      djm       170: .Nm
                    171: is also used to generate groups for use in Diffie-Hellman group
                    172: exchange (DH-GEX).
                    173: See the
                    174: .Sx MODULI GENERATION
                    175: section for details.
                    176: .Pp
1.111     djm       177: Finally,
                    178: .Nm
                    179: can be used to generate and update Key Revocation Lists, and to test whether
1.112     jmc       180: given keys have been revoked by one.
                    181: See the
1.111     djm       182: .Sx KEY REVOCATION LISTS
                    183: section for details.
                    184: .Pp
1.2       deraadt   185: Normally each user wishing to use SSH
1.99      djm       186: with public key authentication runs this once to create the authentication
1.1       deraadt   187: key in
1.118     naddy     188: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa ,
1.99      djm       189: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa ,
1.173     naddy     190: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk ,
1.176     naddy     191: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 ,
                    192: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk
1.15      deraadt   193: or
1.68      djm       194: .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa .
1.15      deraadt   195: Additionally, the system administrator may use this to generate host keys,
                    196: as seen in
                    197: .Pa /etc/rc .
1.2       deraadt   198: .Pp
1.1       deraadt   199: Normally this program generates the key and asks for a file in which
1.12      aaron     200: to store the private key.
                    201: The public key is stored in a file with the same name but
1.2       deraadt   202: .Dq .pub
1.12      aaron     203: appended.
                    204: The program also asks for a passphrase.
                    205: The passphrase may be empty to indicate no passphrase
1.26      markus    206: (host keys must have an empty passphrase), or it may be a string of
1.12      aaron     207: arbitrary length.
1.51      stevesk   208: A passphrase is similar to a password, except it can be a phrase with a
                    209: series of words, punctuation, numbers, whitespace, or any string of
                    210: characters you want.
                    211: Good passphrases are 10-30 characters long, are
1.1       deraadt   212: not simple sentences or otherwise easily guessable (English
1.42      markus    213: prose has only 1-2 bits of entropy per character, and provides very bad
1.51      stevesk   214: passphrases), and contain a mix of upper and lowercase letters,
                    215: numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters.
1.12      aaron     216: The passphrase can be changed later by using the
1.2       deraadt   217: .Fl p
1.1       deraadt   218: option.
1.2       deraadt   219: .Pp
1.12      aaron     220: There is no way to recover a lost passphrase.
1.105     djm       221: If the passphrase is lost or forgotten, a new key must be generated
                    222: and the corresponding public key copied to other machines.
1.2       deraadt   223: .Pp
1.153     djm       224: .Nm
                    225: will by default write keys in an OpenSSH-specific format.
                    226: This format is preferred as it offers better protection for
                    227: keys at rest as well as allowing storage of key comments within
                    228: the private key file itself.
                    229: The key comment may be useful to help identify the key.
1.12      aaron     230: The comment is initialized to
1.2       deraadt   231: .Dq user@host
                    232: when the key is created, but can be changed using the
                    233: .Fl c
1.1       deraadt   234: option.
1.153     djm       235: .Pp
                    236: It is still possible for
                    237: .Nm
                    238: to write the previously-used PEM format private keys using the
                    239: .Fl m
                    240: flag.
                    241: This may be used when generating new keys, and existing new-format
                    242: keys may be converted using this option in conjunction with the
                    243: .Fl p
                    244: (change passphrase) flag.
1.2       deraadt   245: .Pp
1.15      deraadt   246: After a key is generated, instructions below detail where the keys
                    247: should be placed to be activated.
                    248: .Pp
1.2       deraadt   249: The options are as follows:
                    250: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.102     stevesk   251: .It Fl A
1.175     djm       252: For each of the key types (rsa, dsa, ecdsa and ed25519)
1.118     naddy     253: for which host keys
1.102     stevesk   254: do not exist, generate the host keys with the default key file path,
                    255: an empty passphrase, default bits for the key type, and default comment.
1.144     jmc       256: If
1.143     djm       257: .Fl f
1.144     jmc       258: has also been specified, its argument is used as a prefix to the
1.143     djm       259: default path for the resulting host key files.
1.104     jmc       260: This is used by
1.102     stevesk   261: .Pa /etc/rc
                    262: to generate new host keys.
1.117     djm       263: .It Fl a Ar rounds
1.169     jmc       264: When saving a private key, this option specifies the number of KDF
1.148     djm       265: (key derivation function) rounds used.
1.117     djm       266: Higher numbers result in slower passphrase verification and increased
                    267: resistance to brute-force password cracking (should the keys be stolen).
1.66      jmc       268: .It Fl B
                    269: Show the bubblebabble digest of specified private or public key file.
1.2       deraadt   270: .It Fl b Ar bits
1.12      aaron     271: Specifies the number of bits in the key to create.
1.158     dtucker   272: For RSA keys, the minimum size is 1024 bits and the default is 3072 bits.
                    273: Generally, 3072 bits is considered sufficient.
1.72      dtucker   274: DSA keys must be exactly 1024 bits as specified by FIPS 186-2.
1.106     djm       275: For ECDSA keys, the
                    276: .Fl b
1.107     deraadt   277: flag determines the key length by selecting from one of three elliptic
1.106     djm       278: curve sizes: 256, 384 or 521 bits.
                    279: Attempting to use bit lengths other than these three values for ECDSA keys
                    280: will fail.
1.176     naddy     281: ECDSA-SK, Ed25519 and Ed25519-SK keys have a fixed length and the
1.118     naddy     282: .Fl b
                    283: flag will be ignored.
1.66      jmc       284: .It Fl C Ar comment
                    285: Provides a new comment.
1.2       deraadt   286: .It Fl c
1.1       deraadt   287: Requests changing the comment in the private and public key files.
                    288: The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for
1.41      stevesk   289: the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment.
1.81      markus    290: .It Fl D Ar pkcs11
1.157     naddy     291: Download the public keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
1.83      markus    292: .Ar pkcs11 .
1.98      djm       293: When used in combination with
                    294: .Fl s ,
                    295: this option indicates that a CA key resides in a PKCS#11 token (see the
                    296: .Sx CERTIFICATES
                    297: section for details).
1.124     djm       298: .It Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
                    299: Specifies the hash algorithm used when displaying key fingerprints.
                    300: Valid options are:
                    301: .Dq md5
                    302: and
                    303: .Dq sha256 .
                    304: The default is
                    305: .Dq sha256 .
1.37      markus    306: .It Fl e
1.40      markus    307: This option will read a private or public OpenSSH key file and
1.154     djm       308: print to stdout a public key in one of the formats specified by the
1.95      djm       309: .Fl m
                    310: option.
                    311: The default export format is
                    312: .Dq RFC4716 .
1.96      jmc       313: This option allows exporting OpenSSH keys for use by other programs, including
1.95      djm       314: several commercial SSH implementations.
1.151     djm       315: .It Fl F Ar hostname | [hostname]:port
1.66      jmc       316: Search for the specified
                    317: .Ar hostname
1.151     djm       318: (with optional port number)
1.66      jmc       319: in a
                    320: .Pa known_hosts
                    321: file, listing any occurrences found.
                    322: This option is useful to find hashed host names or addresses and may also be
                    323: used in conjunction with the
                    324: .Fl H
                    325: option to print found keys in a hashed format.
                    326: .It Fl f Ar filename
                    327: Specifies the filename of the key file.
1.57      jakob     328: .It Fl g
1.62      jakob     329: Use generic DNS format when printing fingerprint resource records using the
1.63      jmc       330: .Fl r
1.62      jakob     331: command.
1.66      jmc       332: .It Fl H
                    333: Hash a
                    334: .Pa known_hosts
1.67      dtucker   335: file.
                    336: This replaces all hostnames and addresses with hashed representations
                    337: within the specified file; the original content is moved to a file with
                    338: a .old suffix.
1.66      jmc       339: These hashes may be used normally by
                    340: .Nm ssh
                    341: and
                    342: .Nm sshd ,
                    343: but they do not reveal identifying information should the file's contents
                    344: be disclosed.
                    345: This option will not modify existing hashed hostnames and is therefore safe
                    346: to use on files that mix hashed and non-hashed names.
1.84      djm       347: .It Fl h
                    348: When signing a key, create a host certificate instead of a user
                    349: certificate.
                    350: Please see the
                    351: .Sx CERTIFICATES
                    352: section for details.
1.85      jmc       353: .It Fl I Ar certificate_identity
1.84      djm       354: Specify the key identity when signing a public key.
                    355: Please see the
                    356: .Sx CERTIFICATES
                    357: section for details.
1.37      markus    358: .It Fl i
                    359: This option will read an unencrypted private (or public) key file
1.95      djm       360: in the format specified by the
                    361: .Fl m
                    362: option and print an OpenSSH compatible private
1.37      markus    363: (or public) key to stdout.
1.122     jmc       364: This option allows importing keys from other software, including several
                    365: commercial SSH implementations.
                    366: The default import format is
                    367: .Dq RFC4716 .
1.188   ! jmc       368: .It Fl K
1.187     djm       369: Download resident keys from a FIDO authenticator.
                    370: Public and private key files will be written to the current directory for
                    371: each downloaded key.
1.111     djm       372: .It Fl k
                    373: Generate a KRL file.
                    374: In this mode,
                    375: .Nm
                    376: will generate a KRL file at the location specified via the
                    377: .Fl f
1.114     jmc       378: flag that revokes every key or certificate presented on the command line.
1.111     djm       379: Keys/certificates to be revoked may be specified by public key file or
                    380: using the format described in the
                    381: .Sx KEY REVOCATION LISTS
                    382: section.
1.86      djm       383: .It Fl L
1.129     djm       384: Prints the contents of one or more certificates.
1.9       markus    385: .It Fl l
1.77      grunk     386: Show fingerprint of specified public key file.
1.50      markus    387: For RSA and DSA keys
                    388: .Nm
1.78      jmc       389: tries to find the matching public key file and prints its fingerprint.
                    390: If combined with
                    391: .Fl v ,
1.132     jmc       392: a visual ASCII art representation of the key is supplied with the
1.131     djm       393: fingerprint.
1.184     djm       394: .It Fl M Cm generate
                    395: Generate candidate Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange (DH-GEX) parameters for
                    396: eventual use by the
                    397: .Sq diffie-hellman-group-exchange-*
                    398: key exchange methods.
                    399: The numbers generated by this operation must be further screened before
                    400: use.
                    401: See the
                    402: .Sx MODULI GENERATION
                    403: section for more information.
                    404: .It Fl M Cm screen
                    405: Screen candidate parameters for Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange.
                    406: This will accept a list of candidate numbers and test that they are
                    407: safe (Sophie Germain) primes with acceptable group generators.
                    408: The results of this operation may be added to the
                    409: .Pa /etc/moduli
                    410: file.
                    411: See the
                    412: .Sx MODULI GENERATION
                    413: section for more information.
1.95      djm       414: .It Fl m Ar key_format
1.155     djm       415: Specify a key format for key generation, the
1.95      djm       416: .Fl i
1.155     djm       417: (import),
1.95      djm       418: .Fl e
1.155     djm       419: (export) conversion options, and the
                    420: .Fl p
                    421: change passphrase operation.
                    422: The latter may be used to convert between OpenSSH private key and PEM
                    423: private key formats.
1.95      djm       424: The supported key formats are:
                    425: .Dq RFC4716
1.96      jmc       426: (RFC 4716/SSH2 public or private key),
1.95      djm       427: .Dq PKCS8
1.161     djm       428: (PKCS8 public or private key)
1.95      djm       429: or
                    430: .Dq PEM
                    431: (PEM public key).
1.161     djm       432: By default OpenSSH will write newly-generated private keys in its own
                    433: format, but when converting public keys for export the default format is
1.95      djm       434: .Dq RFC4716 .
1.148     djm       435: Setting a format of
                    436: .Dq PEM
                    437: when generating or updating a supported private key type will cause the
                    438: key to be stored in the legacy PEM private key format.
1.66      jmc       439: .It Fl N Ar new_passphrase
                    440: Provides the new passphrase.
1.84      djm       441: .It Fl n Ar principals
                    442: Specify one or more principals (user or host names) to be included in
                    443: a certificate when signing a key.
                    444: Multiple principals may be specified, separated by commas.
                    445: Please see the
                    446: .Sx CERTIFICATES
                    447: section for details.
1.93      djm       448: .It Fl O Ar option
1.184     djm       449: Specify a key/value option.
                    450: These are specific to the operation that
                    451: .Nm
                    452: has been requested to perform.
                    453: .Pp
                    454: When signing certificates, one of the options listed in the
1.183     djm       455: .Sx CERTIFICATES
1.184     djm       456: section may be specified here.
                    457: .Pp
                    458: When performing moduli generation or screening, one of the options
                    459: listed in the
                    460: .Sx MODULI GENERATION
                    461: section may be specified.
                    462: .Pp
1.185     djm       463: When generating a key that will be hosted on a FIDO authenticator, this
                    464: flag may be used to specify key-specific options.
                    465: Two FIDO authenticator options are supported at present:
                    466: .Pp
                    467: .Cm no-touch-required
                    468: indicates that the generated private key should not require touch
                    469: events (user presence) when making signatures.
                    470: Note that
                    471: .Xr sshd 8
                    472: will refuse such signatures by default, unless overridden via
                    473: an authorized_keys option.
                    474: .Pp
                    475: .Cm resident
                    476: indicates that the key should be stored on the FIDO authenticator itself.
                    477: Resident keys may be supported on FIDO2 tokens and typically require that
                    478: a PIN be set on the token prior to generation.
                    479: Resident keys may be loaded off the token using
                    480: .Xr ssh-add 1 .
                    481: .Pp
                    482: The
                    483: .Fl O
                    484: option may be specified multiple times.
1.66      jmc       485: .It Fl P Ar passphrase
                    486: Provides the (old) passphrase.
1.2       deraadt   487: .It Fl p
1.1       deraadt   488: Requests changing the passphrase of a private key file instead of
1.12      aaron     489: creating a new private key.
                    490: The program will prompt for the file
1.1       deraadt   491: containing the private key, for the old passphrase, and twice for the
                    492: new passphrase.
1.113     jmc       493: .It Fl Q
                    494: Test whether keys have been revoked in a KRL.
1.5       aaron     495: .It Fl q
                    496: Silence
                    497: .Nm ssh-keygen .
1.152     djm       498: .It Fl R Ar hostname | [hostname]:port
1.151     djm       499: Removes all keys belonging to the specified
1.64      djm       500: .Ar hostname
1.151     djm       501: (with optional port number)
1.65      jmc       502: from a
1.64      djm       503: .Pa known_hosts
                    504: file.
1.65      jmc       505: This option is useful to delete hashed hosts (see the
1.64      djm       506: .Fl H
                    507: option above).
1.66      jmc       508: .It Fl r Ar hostname
                    509: Print the SSHFP fingerprint resource record named
                    510: .Ar hostname
                    511: for the specified public key file.
1.84      djm       512: .It Fl s Ar ca_key
                    513: Certify (sign) a public key using the specified CA key.
                    514: Please see the
                    515: .Sx CERTIFICATES
                    516: section for details.
1.111     djm       517: .Pp
                    518: When generating a KRL,
                    519: .Fl s
1.112     jmc       520: specifies a path to a CA public key file used to revoke certificates directly
1.111     djm       521: by key ID or serial number.
                    522: See the
                    523: .Sx KEY REVOCATION LISTS
                    524: section for details.
1.175     djm       525: .It Fl t Cm dsa | ecdsa | ecdsa-sk | ed25519 | ed25519-sk | rsa
1.66      jmc       526: Specifies the type of key to create.
                    527: The possible values are
1.100     naddy     528: .Dq dsa ,
1.118     naddy     529: .Dq ecdsa ,
1.173     naddy     530: .Dq ecdsa-sk ,
1.118     naddy     531: .Dq ed25519 ,
1.175     djm       532: .Dq ed25519-sk ,
1.100     naddy     533: or
1.139     jmc       534: .Dq rsa .
1.159     djm       535: .Pp
                    536: This flag may also be used to specify the desired signature type when
1.160     jmc       537: signing certificates using an RSA CA key.
1.159     djm       538: The available RSA signature variants are
                    539: .Dq ssh-rsa
                    540: (SHA1 signatures, not recommended),
1.160     jmc       541: .Dq rsa-sha2-256 ,
                    542: and
1.159     djm       543: .Dq rsa-sha2-512
                    544: (the default).
1.142     djm       545: .It Fl U
                    546: When used in combination with
                    547: .Fl s ,
                    548: this option indicates that a CA key resides in a
                    549: .Xr ssh-agent 1 .
                    550: See the
                    551: .Sx CERTIFICATES
                    552: section for more information.
1.112     jmc       553: .It Fl u
                    554: Update a KRL.
                    555: When specified with
                    556: .Fl k ,
1.114     jmc       557: keys listed via the command line are added to the existing KRL rather than
1.112     jmc       558: a new KRL being created.
1.84      djm       559: .It Fl V Ar validity_interval
                    560: Specify a validity interval when signing a certificate.
                    561: A validity interval may consist of a single time, indicating that the
                    562: certificate is valid beginning now and expiring at that time, or may consist
                    563: of two times separated by a colon to indicate an explicit time interval.
1.145     djm       564: .Pp
                    565: The start time may be specified as the string
                    566: .Dq always
                    567: to indicate the certificate has no specified start time,
1.147     djm       568: a date in YYYYMMDD format, a time in YYYYMMDDHHMM[SS] format,
1.145     djm       569: a relative time (to the current time) consisting of a minus sign followed by
                    570: an interval in the format described in the
1.116     jmc       571: TIME FORMATS section of
1.90      jmc       572: .Xr sshd_config 5 .
1.145     djm       573: .Pp
1.147     djm       574: The end time may be specified as a YYYYMMDD date, a YYYYMMDDHHMM[SS] time,
1.145     djm       575: a relative time starting with a plus character or the string
                    576: .Dq forever
                    577: to indicate that the certificate has no expirty date.
1.84      djm       578: .Pp
                    579: For example:
                    580: .Dq +52w1d
                    581: (valid from now to 52 weeks and one day from now),
                    582: .Dq -4w:+4w
                    583: (valid from four weeks ago to four weeks from now),
                    584: .Dq 20100101123000:20110101123000
                    585: (valid from 12:30 PM, January 1st, 2010 to 12:30 PM, January 1st, 2011),
                    586: .Dq -1d:20110101
                    587: (valid from yesterday to midnight, January 1st, 2011).
1.145     djm       588: .Dq -1m:forever
                    589: (valid from one minute ago and never expiring).
1.61      djm       590: .It Fl v
                    591: Verbose mode.
                    592: Causes
                    593: .Nm
                    594: to print debugging messages about its progress.
                    595: This is helpful for debugging moduli generation.
                    596: Multiple
                    597: .Fl v
                    598: options increase the verbosity.
                    599: The maximum is 3.
1.173     naddy     600: .It Fl w Ar provider
1.180     naddy     601: Specifies a path to a library that will be used when creating
                    602: FIDO authenticator-hosted keys, overriding the default of using
                    603: the internal USB HID support.
1.182     jmc       604: .It Fl Y Cm check-novalidate
                    605: Checks that a signature generated using
                    606: .Nm
                    607: .Fl Y Cm sign
                    608: has a valid structure.
                    609: This does not validate if a signature comes from an authorized signer.
                    610: When testing a signature,
                    611: .Nm
                    612: accepts a message on standard input and a signature namespace using
                    613: .Fl n .
                    614: A file containing the corresponding signature must also be supplied using the
                    615: .Fl s
                    616: flag.
                    617: Successful testing of the signature is signalled by
                    618: .Nm
                    619: returning a zero exit status.
1.166     jmc       620: .It Fl Y Cm sign
1.163     djm       621: Cryptographically sign a file or some data using a SSH key.
                    622: When signing,
                    623: .Nm
                    624: accepts zero or more files to sign on the command-line - if no files
                    625: are specified then
                    626: .Nm
                    627: will sign data presented on standard input.
                    628: Signatures are written to the path of the input file with
                    629: .Dq .sig
                    630: appended, or to standard output if the message to be signed was read from
                    631: standard input.
                    632: .Pp
                    633: The key used for signing is specified using the
                    634: .Fl f
                    635: option and may refer to either a private key, or a public key with the private
                    636: half available via
                    637: .Xr ssh-agent 1 .
                    638: An additional signature namespace, used to prevent signature confusion across
                    639: different domains of use (e.g. file signing vs email signing) must be provided
                    640: via the
                    641: .Fl n
                    642: flag.
                    643: Namespaces are arbitrary strings, and may include:
                    644: .Dq file
                    645: for file signing,
                    646: .Dq email
                    647: for email signing.
                    648: For custom uses, it is recommended to use names following a
                    649: NAMESPACE@YOUR.DOMAIN pattern to generate unambiguous namespaces.
1.166     jmc       650: .It Fl Y Cm verify
1.163     djm       651: Request to verify a signature generated using
                    652: .Nm
1.166     jmc       653: .Fl Y Cm sign
1.163     djm       654: as described above.
                    655: When verifying a signature,
                    656: .Nm
                    657: accepts a message on standard input and a signature namespace using
                    658: .Fl n .
                    659: A file containing the corresponding signature must also be supplied using the
                    660: .Fl s
                    661: flag, along with the identity of the signer using
                    662: .Fl I
                    663: and a list of allowed signers via the
                    664: .Fl f
                    665: flag.
                    666: The format of the allowed signers file is documented in the
                    667: .Sx ALLOWED SIGNERS
                    668: section below.
                    669: A file containing revoked keys can be passed using the
                    670: .Fl r
1.165     jmc       671: flag.
                    672: The revocation file may be a KRL or a one-per-line list of public keys.
1.163     djm       673: Successful verification by an authorized signer is signalled by
                    674: .Nm
                    675: returning a zero exit status.
1.181     jmc       676: .It Fl y
                    677: This option will read a private
                    678: OpenSSH format file and print an OpenSSH public key to stdout.
1.93      djm       679: .It Fl z Ar serial_number
                    680: Specifies a serial number to be embedded in the certificate to distinguish
                    681: this certificate from others from the same CA.
1.156     djm       682: If the
                    683: .Ar serial_number
                    684: is prefixed with a
                    685: .Sq +
                    686: character, then the serial number will be incremented for each certificate
                    687: signed on a single command-line.
1.93      djm       688: The default serial number is zero.
1.111     djm       689: .Pp
                    690: When generating a KRL, the
                    691: .Fl z
                    692: flag is used to specify a KRL version number.
1.2       deraadt   693: .El
1.60      djm       694: .Sh MODULI GENERATION
                    695: .Nm
                    696: may be used to generate groups for the Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange
                    697: (DH-GEX) protocol.
                    698: Generating these groups is a two-step process: first, candidate
                    699: primes are generated using a fast, but memory intensive process.
                    700: These candidate primes are then tested for suitability (a CPU-intensive
                    701: process).
                    702: .Pp
                    703: Generation of primes is performed using the
1.184     djm       704: .Fl M Cm generate
1.60      djm       705: option.
                    706: The desired length of the primes may be specified by the
1.184     djm       707: .Fl O Cm bits
1.60      djm       708: option.
                    709: For example:
                    710: .Pp
1.184     djm       711: .Dl # ssh-keygen -M generate -O bits=2048 moduli-2048.candidates
1.60      djm       712: .Pp
                    713: By default, the search for primes begins at a random point in the
                    714: desired length range.
                    715: This may be overridden using the
1.184     djm       716: .Fl O Cm start
1.60      djm       717: option, which specifies a different start point (in hex).
                    718: .Pp
1.109     dtucker   719: Once a set of candidates have been generated, they must be screened for
1.60      djm       720: suitability.
                    721: This may be performed using the
1.184     djm       722: .Fl M Cm screen
1.60      djm       723: option.
                    724: In this mode
                    725: .Nm
                    726: will read candidates from standard input (or a file specified using the
                    727: .Fl f
                    728: option).
                    729: For example:
                    730: .Pp
1.184     djm       731: .Dl # ssh-keygen -M screen -f moduli-2048.candidates moduli-2048
1.60      djm       732: .Pp
                    733: By default, each candidate will be subjected to 100 primality tests.
                    734: This may be overridden using the
1.184     djm       735: .Fl O Cm prime-tests
1.60      djm       736: option.
                    737: The DH generator value will be chosen automatically for the
                    738: prime under consideration.
                    739: If a specific generator is desired, it may be requested using the
1.184     djm       740: .Fl O Cm generator
1.60      djm       741: option.
1.66      jmc       742: Valid generator values are 2, 3, and 5.
1.60      djm       743: .Pp
                    744: Screened DH groups may be installed in
                    745: .Pa /etc/moduli .
                    746: It is important that this file contains moduli of a range of bit lengths and
                    747: that both ends of a connection share common moduli.
1.184     djm       748: .Pp
                    749: A number of options are available for moduli generation and screening via the
                    750: .Fl O
                    751: flag:
1.186     jmc       752: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.184     djm       753: .It Ic lines Ns = Ns Ar number
                    754: Exit after screening the specified number of lines while performing DH
                    755: candidate screening.
                    756: .It Ic start-line Ns = Ns Ar line-number
                    757: Start screening at the specified line number while performing DH candidate
                    758: screening.
                    759: .It Ic checkpoint Ns = Ns Ar filename
                    760: Write the last line processed to the specified file while performing DH
                    761: candidate screening.
                    762: This will be used to skip lines in the input file that have already been
                    763: processed if the job is restarted.
                    764: .It Ic memory Ns = Ns Ar mbytes
                    765: Specify the amount of memory to use (in megabytes) when generating
                    766: candidate moduli for DH-GEX.
                    767: .It Ic start Ns = Ns Ar hex-value
                    768: Specify start point (in hex) when generating candidate moduli for DH-GEX.
                    769: .It Ic generator Ns = Ns Ar value
                    770: Specify desired generator (in decimal) when testing candidate moduli for DH-GEX.
                    771: .El
1.84      djm       772: .Sh CERTIFICATES
                    773: .Nm
                    774: supports signing of keys to produce certificates that may be used for
                    775: user or host authentication.
                    776: Certificates consist of a public key, some identity information, zero or
1.94      jmc       777: more principal (user or host) names and a set of options that
1.84      djm       778: are signed by a Certification Authority (CA) key.
                    779: Clients or servers may then trust only the CA key and verify its signature
                    780: on a certificate rather than trusting many user/host keys.
                    781: Note that OpenSSH certificates are a different, and much simpler, format to
                    782: the X.509 certificates used in
                    783: .Xr ssl 8 .
                    784: .Pp
                    785: .Nm
                    786: supports two types of certificates: user and host.
                    787: User certificates authenticate users to servers, whereas host certificates
1.85      jmc       788: authenticate server hosts to users.
                    789: To generate a user certificate:
1.84      djm       790: .Pp
                    791: .Dl $ ssh-keygen -s /path/to/ca_key -I key_id /path/to/user_key.pub
                    792: .Pp
                    793: The resultant certificate will be placed in
1.91      djm       794: .Pa /path/to/user_key-cert.pub .
1.84      djm       795: A host certificate requires the
                    796: .Fl h
                    797: option:
                    798: .Pp
                    799: .Dl $ ssh-keygen -s /path/to/ca_key -I key_id -h /path/to/host_key.pub
                    800: .Pp
                    801: The host certificate will be output to
1.91      djm       802: .Pa /path/to/host_key-cert.pub .
1.98      djm       803: .Pp
                    804: It is possible to sign using a CA key stored in a PKCS#11 token by
                    805: providing the token library using
                    806: .Fl D
                    807: and identifying the CA key by providing its public half as an argument
                    808: to
                    809: .Fl s :
                    810: .Pp
1.127     naddy     811: .Dl $ ssh-keygen -s ca_key.pub -D libpkcs11.so -I key_id user_key.pub
1.142     djm       812: .Pp
                    813: Similarly, it is possible for the CA key to be hosted in a
                    814: .Xr ssh-agent 1 .
                    815: This is indicated by the
                    816: .Fl U
                    817: flag and, again, the CA key must be identified by its public half.
                    818: .Pp
                    819: .Dl $ ssh-keygen -Us ca_key.pub -I key_id user_key.pub
1.98      djm       820: .Pp
                    821: In all cases,
1.84      djm       822: .Ar key_id
                    823: is a "key identifier" that is logged by the server when the certificate
                    824: is used for authentication.
                    825: .Pp
                    826: Certificates may be limited to be valid for a set of principal (user/host)
                    827: names.
                    828: By default, generated certificates are valid for all users or hosts.
                    829: To generate a certificate for a specified set of principals:
                    830: .Pp
                    831: .Dl $ ssh-keygen -s ca_key -I key_id -n user1,user2 user_key.pub
1.127     naddy     832: .Dl "$ ssh-keygen -s ca_key -I key_id -h -n host.domain host_key.pub"
1.84      djm       833: .Pp
                    834: Additional limitations on the validity and use of user certificates may
1.94      jmc       835: be specified through certificate options.
1.93      djm       836: A certificate option may disable features of the SSH session, may be
1.84      djm       837: valid only when presented from particular source addresses or may
                    838: force the use of a specific command.
1.183     djm       839: .Pp
                    840: The options that are valid for user certificates are:
                    841: .Pp
                    842: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
                    843: .It Ic clear
                    844: Clear all enabled permissions.
                    845: This is useful for clearing the default set of permissions so permissions may
                    846: be added individually.
                    847: .Pp
                    848: .It Ic critical : Ns Ar name Ns Op Ns = Ns Ar contents
                    849: .It Ic extension : Ns Ar name Ns Op Ns = Ns Ar contents
                    850: Includes an arbitrary certificate critical option or extension.
                    851: The specified
                    852: .Ar name
                    853: should include a domain suffix, e.g.\&
                    854: .Dq name@example.com .
                    855: If
                    856: .Ar contents
                    857: is specified then it is included as the contents of the extension/option
                    858: encoded as a string, otherwise the extension/option is created with no
                    859: contents (usually indicating a flag).
                    860: Extensions may be ignored by a client or server that does not recognise them,
                    861: whereas unknown critical options will cause the certificate to be refused.
                    862: .Pp
                    863: .It Ic force-command Ns = Ns Ar command
                    864: Forces the execution of
                    865: .Ar command
                    866: instead of any shell or command specified by the user when
                    867: the certificate is used for authentication.
                    868: .Pp
                    869: .It Ic no-agent-forwarding
                    870: Disable
                    871: .Xr ssh-agent 1
                    872: forwarding (permitted by default).
                    873: .Pp
                    874: .It Ic no-port-forwarding
                    875: Disable port forwarding (permitted by default).
                    876: .Pp
                    877: .It Ic no-pty
                    878: Disable PTY allocation (permitted by default).
                    879: .Pp
                    880: .It Ic no-user-rc
                    881: Disable execution of
                    882: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc
                    883: by
                    884: .Xr sshd 8
                    885: (permitted by default).
                    886: .Pp
                    887: .It Ic no-x11-forwarding
                    888: Disable X11 forwarding (permitted by default).
                    889: .Pp
                    890: .It Ic permit-agent-forwarding
                    891: Allows
                    892: .Xr ssh-agent 1
                    893: forwarding.
                    894: .Pp
                    895: .It Ic permit-port-forwarding
                    896: Allows port forwarding.
                    897: .Pp
                    898: .It Ic permit-pty
                    899: Allows PTY allocation.
                    900: .Pp
                    901: .It Ic permit-user-rc
                    902: Allows execution of
                    903: .Pa ~/.ssh/rc
                    904: by
                    905: .Xr sshd 8 .
                    906: .Pp
                    907: .It Ic permit-X11-forwarding
                    908: Allows X11 forwarding.
                    909: .Pp
                    910: .It Ic no-touch-required
                    911: Do not require signatures made using this key require demonstration
                    912: of user presence (e.g. by having the user touch the key).
                    913: This option only makes sense for the Security Key algorithms
                    914: .Cm ecdsa-sk
                    915: and
                    916: .Cm ed25519-sk .
                    917: .Pp
                    918: .It Ic source-address Ns = Ns Ar address_list
                    919: Restrict the source addresses from which the certificate is considered valid.
                    920: The
                    921: .Ar address_list
                    922: is a comma-separated list of one or more address/netmask pairs in CIDR
                    923: format.
                    924: .El
                    925: .Pp
                    926: At present, no standard options are valid for host keys.
1.84      djm       927: .Pp
                    928: Finally, certificates may be defined with a validity lifetime.
                    929: The
                    930: .Fl V
                    931: option allows specification of certificate start and end times.
                    932: A certificate that is presented at a time outside this range will not be
                    933: considered valid.
1.110     jmc       934: By default, certificates are valid from
                    935: .Ux
                    936: Epoch to the distant future.
1.84      djm       937: .Pp
                    938: For certificates to be used for user or host authentication, the CA
                    939: public key must be trusted by
                    940: .Xr sshd 8
                    941: or
                    942: .Xr ssh 1 .
                    943: Please refer to those manual pages for details.
1.111     djm       944: .Sh KEY REVOCATION LISTS
                    945: .Nm
                    946: is able to manage OpenSSH format Key Revocation Lists (KRLs).
                    947: These binary files specify keys or certificates to be revoked using a
1.119     tedu      948: compact format, taking as little as one bit per certificate if they are being
1.111     djm       949: revoked by serial number.
                    950: .Pp
                    951: KRLs may be generated using the
                    952: .Fl k
                    953: flag.
1.114     jmc       954: This option reads one or more files from the command line and generates a new
1.111     djm       955: KRL.
                    956: The files may either contain a KRL specification (see below) or public keys,
                    957: listed one per line.
                    958: Plain public keys are revoked by listing their hash or contents in the KRL and
                    959: certificates revoked by serial number or key ID (if the serial is zero or
                    960: not available).
                    961: .Pp
                    962: Revoking keys using a KRL specification offers explicit control over the
                    963: types of record used to revoke keys and may be used to directly revoke
                    964: certificates by serial number or key ID without having the complete original
                    965: certificate on hand.
                    966: A KRL specification consists of lines containing one of the following directives
                    967: followed by a colon and some directive-specific information.
                    968: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.115     jmc       969: .It Cm serial : Ar serial_number Ns Op - Ns Ar serial_number
1.111     djm       970: Revokes a certificate with the specified serial number.
1.112     jmc       971: Serial numbers are 64-bit values, not including zero and may be expressed
1.111     djm       972: in decimal, hex or octal.
                    973: If two serial numbers are specified separated by a hyphen, then the range
                    974: of serial numbers including and between each is revoked.
                    975: The CA key must have been specified on the
                    976: .Nm
1.114     jmc       977: command line using the
1.111     djm       978: .Fl s
                    979: option.
                    980: .It Cm id : Ar key_id
                    981: Revokes a certificate with the specified key ID string.
                    982: The CA key must have been specified on the
                    983: .Nm
1.114     jmc       984: command line using the
1.111     djm       985: .Fl s
                    986: option.
                    987: .It Cm key : Ar public_key
                    988: Revokes the specified key.
1.112     jmc       989: If a certificate is listed, then it is revoked as a plain public key.
1.111     djm       990: .It Cm sha1 : Ar public_key
1.149     djm       991: Revokes the specified key by including its SHA1 hash in the KRL.
                    992: .It Cm sha256 : Ar public_key
                    993: Revokes the specified key by including its SHA256 hash in the KRL.
                    994: KRLs that revoke keys by SHA256 hash are not supported by OpenSSH versions
                    995: prior to 7.9.
                    996: .It Cm hash : Ar fingerprint
1.150     djm       997: Revokes a key using a fingerprint hash, as obtained from a
1.149     djm       998: .Xr sshd 8
                    999: authentication log message or the
                   1000: .Nm
                   1001: .Fl l
                   1002: flag.
                   1003: Only SHA256 fingerprints are supported here and resultant KRLs are
                   1004: not supported by OpenSSH versions prior to 7.9.
1.111     djm      1005: .El
                   1006: .Pp
                   1007: KRLs may be updated using the
                   1008: .Fl u
                   1009: flag in addition to
                   1010: .Fl k .
1.114     jmc      1011: When this option is specified, keys listed via the command line are merged into
1.111     djm      1012: the KRL, adding to those already there.
                   1013: .Pp
                   1014: It is also possible, given a KRL, to test whether it revokes a particular key
                   1015: (or keys).
                   1016: The
                   1017: .Fl Q
1.128     jmc      1018: flag will query an existing KRL, testing each key specified on the command line.
1.114     jmc      1019: If any key listed on the command line has been revoked (or an error encountered)
1.111     djm      1020: then
                   1021: .Nm
                   1022: will exit with a non-zero exit status.
                   1023: A zero exit status will only be returned if no key was revoked.
1.163     djm      1024: .Sh ALLOWED SIGNERS
                   1025: When verifying signatures,
                   1026: .Nm
                   1027: uses a simple list of identities and keys to determine whether a signature
                   1028: comes from an authorized source.
                   1029: This "allowed signers" file uses a format patterned after the
                   1030: AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT described in
1.165     jmc      1031: .Xr sshd 8 .
1.163     djm      1032: Each line of the file contains the following space-separated fields:
                   1033: principals, options, keytype, base64-encoded key.
                   1034: Empty lines and lines starting with a
                   1035: .Ql #
                   1036: are ignored as comments.
                   1037: .Pp
                   1038: The principals field is a pattern-list (See PATTERNS in
                   1039: .Xr ssh_config 5 )
                   1040: consisting of one or more comma-separated USER@DOMAIN identity patterns
                   1041: that are accepted for signing.
                   1042: When verifying, the identity presented via the
1.172     jmc      1043: .Fl I
                   1044: option must match a principals pattern in order for the corresponding key to be
1.163     djm      1045: considered acceptable for verification.
                   1046: .Pp
                   1047: The options (if present) consist of comma-separated option specifications.
                   1048: No spaces are permitted, except within double quotes.
                   1049: The following option specifications are supported (note that option keywords
                   1050: are case-insensitive):
                   1051: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                   1052: .It Cm cert-authority
                   1053: Indicates that this key is accepted as a certificate authority (CA) and
                   1054: that certificates signed by this CA may be accepted for verification.
                   1055: .It Cm namespaces="namespace-list"
                   1056: Specifies a pattern-list of namespaces that are accepted for this key.
1.164     djm      1057: If this option is present, the signature namespace embedded in the
1.163     djm      1058: signature object and presented on the verification command-line must
                   1059: match the specified list before the key will be considered acceptable.
                   1060: .El
                   1061: .Pp
                   1062: When verifying signatures made by certificates, the expected principal
                   1063: name must match both the principals pattern in the allowed signers file and
                   1064: the principals embedded in the certificate itself.
                   1065: .Pp
                   1066: An example allowed signers file:
                   1067: .Bd -literal -offset 3n
                   1068: # Comments allowed at start of line
                   1069: user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1...
                   1070: # A certificate authority, trusted for all principals in a domain.
                   1071: *@example.com cert-authority ssh-ed25519 AAAB4...
                   1072: # A key that is accepted only for file signing.
                   1073: user2@example.com namespaces="file" ssh-ed25519 AAA41...
                   1074: .Ed
1.173     naddy    1075: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
                   1076: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                   1077: .It Ev SSH_SK_PROVIDER
1.180     naddy    1078: Specifies the path to a library used to interact with FIDO authenticators.
1.173     naddy    1079: .El
1.2       deraadt  1080: .Sh FILES
1.100     naddy    1081: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.68      djm      1082: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
1.100     naddy    1083: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa
1.173     naddy    1084: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk
1.118     naddy    1085: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
1.176     naddy    1086: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk
1.100     naddy    1087: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa
1.180     naddy    1088: Contains the DSA, ECDSA, authenticator-hosted ECDSA, Ed25519,
                   1089: authenticator-hosted Ed25519 or RSA authentication identity of the user.
1.15      deraadt  1090: This file should not be readable by anyone but the user.
                   1091: It is possible to
                   1092: specify a passphrase when generating the key; that passphrase will be
1.80      dtucker  1093: used to encrypt the private part of this file using 128-bit AES.
1.15      deraadt  1094: This file is not automatically accessed by
                   1095: .Nm
                   1096: but it is offered as the default file for the private key.
1.46      markus   1097: .Xr ssh 1
1.15      deraadt  1098: will read this file when a login attempt is made.
1.100     naddy    1099: .Pp
1.68      djm      1100: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
1.100     naddy    1101: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa.pub
1.173     naddy    1102: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ecdsa_sk.pub
1.118     naddy    1103: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
1.176     naddy    1104: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_ed25519_sk.pub
1.68      djm      1105: .It Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
1.180     naddy    1106: Contains the DSA, ECDSA, authenticator-hosted ECDSA, Ed25519,
                   1107: authenticator-hosted Ed25519 or RSA public key for authentication.
1.15      deraadt  1108: The contents of this file should be added to
1.68      djm      1109: .Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
1.15      deraadt  1110: on all machines
1.49      deraadt  1111: where the user wishes to log in using public key authentication.
1.12      aaron    1112: There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret.
1.100     naddy    1113: .Pp
1.60      djm      1114: .It Pa /etc/moduli
                   1115: Contains Diffie-Hellman groups used for DH-GEX.
                   1116: The file format is described in
                   1117: .Xr moduli 5 .
1.19      aaron    1118: .El
1.2       deraadt  1119: .Sh SEE ALSO
                   1120: .Xr ssh 1 ,
                   1121: .Xr ssh-add 1 ,
1.8       ericj    1122: .Xr ssh-agent 1 ,
1.60      djm      1123: .Xr moduli 5 ,
1.30      itojun   1124: .Xr sshd 8
1.37      markus   1125: .Rs
1.73      markus   1126: .%R RFC 4716
                   1127: .%T "The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format"
                   1128: .%D 2006
1.37      markus   1129: .Re
1.59      jmc      1130: .Sh AUTHORS
                   1131: OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
                   1132: ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen.
                   1133: Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
                   1134: Theo de Raadt and Dug Song
                   1135: removed many bugs, re-added newer features and
                   1136: created OpenSSH.
                   1137: Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
                   1138: protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0.