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version 1.78, 2001/01/28 10:24:04

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If this flag is set to

.Dq yes ,

.Nm

ssh will never automatically add host keys to the

will never automatically add host keys to the

.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts

and

.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts2

files, and refuses to connect hosts whose host key has changed.

files, 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 new hosts.

connect to new hosts.

Basically this option forces the user to manually

This option forces the user to manually

add any new hosts.

add all new hosts.

Normally this option is disabled, and new hosts

If this flag is set to

will automatically be added to the known host files.

.Dq no ,

.Nm

will automatically add new host keys to the

user known hosts files.

If this flag is set to

.Dq ask ,

new host keys

will be added to the user known host files only after the user

has confirmed that is what they really want to do, and

.Nm

will refuse to connect to hosts whose host key has changed.

The host keys of

known hosts will be verified automatically in either case.

known hosts will be verified automatically in all cases.

The argument must be

.Dq yes

.Dq yes ,

.Dq no

.Dq no .

.Dq ask .

The default is

.Dq ask .

.It Cm UsePrivilegedPort

Specifies whether to use a privileged port for outgoing connections.

The argument must be