=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1,v retrieving revision 1.217 retrieving revision 1.218 diff -u -r1.217 -r1.218 --- src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 2005/12/08 14:59:44 1.217 +++ src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 2005/12/16 18:07:08 1.218 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" (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 1.217 2005/12/08 14:59:44 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh.1,v 1.218 2005/12/16 18:07:08 jmc Exp $ .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH 1 .Os @@ -107,305 +107,7 @@ is specified, .Ar command is executed on the remote host instead of a login shell. -.Ss SSH protocol version 1 -The first authentication method is the -.Em rhosts -or -.Em hosts.equiv -method combined with RSA-based host authentication. -If the machine the user logs in from is listed in -.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv -or -.Pa /etc/shosts.equiv -on the remote machine, and the user names are -the same on both sides, or if the files -.Pa ~/.rhosts -or -.Pa ~/.shosts -exist in the user's home directory on the -remote machine and contain a line containing the name of the client -machine and the name of the user on that machine, the user is -considered for log in. -Additionally, if the server can verify the client's -host key (see -.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts -and -.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts -in the -.Sx FILES -section), only then is login permitted. -This authentication method closes security holes due to IP -spoofing, DNS spoofing and routing spoofing. -[Note to the administrator: -.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv , -.Pa ~/.rhosts , -and the rlogin/rsh protocol in general, are inherently insecure and should be -disabled if security is desired.] .Pp -As a second authentication method, -.Nm -supports RSA based authentication. -The scheme is based on public-key cryptography: there are cryptosystems -where encryption and decryption are done using separate keys, and it -is not possible to derive the decryption key from the encryption key. -RSA is one such system. -The idea is that each user creates a public/private -key pair for authentication purposes. -The server knows the public key, and only the user knows the private key. -.Pp -The file -.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys -lists the public keys that are permitted for logging in. -When the user logs in, the -.Nm -program tells the server which key pair it would like to use for -authentication. -The server checks if this key is permitted, and if so, -sends the user (actually the -.Nm -program running on behalf of the user) a challenge, a random number, -encrypted by the user's public key. -The challenge can only be decrypted using the proper private key. -The user's client then decrypts the challenge using the private key, -proving that he/she knows the private key -but without disclosing it to the server. -.Pp -.Nm -implements the RSA authentication protocol automatically. -The user creates his/her RSA key pair by running -.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . -This stores the private key in -.Pa ~/.ssh/identity -and stores the public key in -.Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub -in the user's home directory. -The user should then copy the -.Pa identity.pub -to -.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys -in his/her home directory on the remote machine (the -.Pa authorized_keys -file corresponds to the conventional -.Pa ~/.rhosts -file, and has one key -per line, though the lines can be very long). -After this, the user can log in without giving the password. -.Pp -The most convenient way to use RSA authentication may be with an -authentication agent. -See -.Xr ssh-agent 1 -for more information. -.Pp -If other authentication methods fail, -.Nm -prompts the user for a password. -The password is sent to the remote -host for checking; however, since all communications are encrypted, -the password cannot be seen by someone listening on the network. -.Ss SSH protocol version 2 -When a user connects using protocol version 2, -similar authentication methods are available. -Using the default values for -.Cm PreferredAuthentications , -the client will try to authenticate first using the hostbased method; -if this method fails, public key authentication is attempted, -and finally if this method fails, keyboard-interactive and -password authentication are tried. -.Pp -The public key method is similar to RSA authentication described -in the previous section and allows the RSA or DSA algorithm to be used: -The client uses his private key, -.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa -or -.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa , -to sign the session identifier and sends the result to the server. -The server checks whether the matching public key is listed in -.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys -and grants access if both the key is found and the signature is correct. -The session identifier is derived from a shared Diffie-Hellman value -and is only known to the client and the server. -.Pp -If public key authentication fails or is not available, a password -can be sent encrypted to the remote host to prove the user's identity. -.Pp -Additionally, -.Nm -supports hostbased or challenge response authentication. -.Pp -Protocol 2 provides additional mechanisms for confidentiality -(the traffic is encrypted using AES, 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128 or Arcfour) -and integrity (hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-ripemd160). -Note that protocol 1 lacks a strong mechanism for ensuring the -integrity of the connection. -.Ss Login session and remote execution -When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server -either executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives -the user a normal shell on the remote machine. -All communication with -the remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted. -.Pp -If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the -user may use the escape characters noted below. -.Pp -If no pseudo-tty has been allocated, -the session is transparent and can be used to reliably transfer binary data. -On most systems, setting the escape character to -.Dq none -will also make the session transparent even if a tty is used. -.Pp -The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote -machine exits and all X11 and TCP/IP connections have been closed. -The exit status of the remote program is returned as the exit status of -.Nm ssh . -.Ss Escape Characters -When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, -.Nm -supports a number of functions through the use of an escape character. -.Pp -A single tilde character can be sent as -.Ic ~~ -or by following the tilde by a character other than those described below. -The escape character must always follow a newline to be interpreted as -special. -The escape character can be changed in configuration files using the -.Cm EscapeChar -configuration directive or on the command line by the -.Fl e -option. -.Pp -The supported escapes (assuming the default -.Ql ~ ) -are: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Cm ~. -Disconnect. -.It Cm ~^Z -Background -.Nm ssh . -.It Cm ~# -List forwarded connections. -.It Cm ~& -Background -.Nm -at logout when waiting for forwarded connection / X11 sessions to terminate. -.It Cm ~? -Display a list of escape characters. -.It Cm ~B -Send a BREAK to the remote system -(only useful for SSH protocol version 2 and if the peer supports it). -.It Cm ~C -Open command line. -Currently this allows the addition of port forwardings using the -.Fl L -and -.Fl R -options (see below). -It also allows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings -using -.Fl KR Ar hostport . -.Ic !\& Ns Ar command -allows the user to execute a local command if the -.Ic PermitLocalCommand -option is enabled in -.Xr ssh_config 5 . -Basic help is available, using the -.Fl h -option. -.It Cm ~R -Request rekeying of the connection -(only useful for SSH protocol version 2 and if the peer supports it). -.El -.Ss X11 and TCP forwarding -If the -.Cm ForwardX11 -variable is set to -.Dq yes -(or see the description of the -.Fl X -and -.Fl x -options described later) -and the user is using X11 (the -.Ev DISPLAY -environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display is -automatically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11 -programs started from the shell (or command) will go through the -encrypted channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made -from the local machine. -The user should not manually set -.Ev DISPLAY . -Forwarding of X11 connections can be -configured on the command line or in configuration files. -.Pp -The -.Ev DISPLAY -value set by -.Nm -will point to the server machine, but with a display number greater than zero. -This is normal, and happens because -.Nm -creates a -.Dq proxy -X server on the server machine for forwarding the -connections over the encrypted channel. -.Pp -.Nm -will also automatically set up Xauthority data on the server machine. -For this purpose, it will generate a random authorization cookie, -store it in Xauthority on the server, and verify that any forwarded -connections carry this cookie and replace it by the real cookie when -the connection is opened. -The real authentication cookie is never -sent to the server machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain). -.Pp -If the -.Cm ForwardAgent -variable is set to -.Dq yes -(or see the description of the -.Fl A -and -.Fl a -options described later) and -the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent -is automatically forwarded to the remote side. -.Pp -Forwarding of arbitrary TCP/IP connections over the secure channel can -be specified either on the command line or in a configuration file. -One possible application of TCP/IP forwarding is a secure connection to an -electronic purse; another is going through firewalls. -.Ss Server authentication -.Nm -automatically maintains and checks a database containing -identifications for all hosts it has ever been used with. -Host keys are stored in -.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts -in the user's home directory. -Additionally, the file -.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_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, -.Nm -warns about this and disables password authentication to prevent a -trojan horse from getting the user's password. -Another purpose of this mechanism is to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks -which could otherwise be used to circumvent the encryption. -The -.Cm StrictHostKeyChecking -option can be used to prevent logins to machines whose -host key is not known or has changed. -.Pp -.Nm -can be configured to verify host identification using fingerprint resource -records (SSHFP) published in DNS. -The -.Cm VerifyHostKeyDNS -option can be used to control how DNS lookups are performed. -SSHFP resource records can be generated using -.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . -.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl 1 @@ -912,12 +614,310 @@ Trusted X11 forwardings are not subjected to the X11 SECURITY extension controls. .El -.Sh CONFIGURATION FILES +.Ss SSH protocol version 1 +The first authentication method is the +.Em rhosts +or +.Em hosts.equiv +method combined with RSA-based host authentication. +If the machine the user logs in from is listed in +.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv +or +.Pa /etc/shosts.equiv +on the remote machine, and the user names are +the same on both sides, or if the files +.Pa ~/.rhosts +or +.Pa ~/.shosts +exist in the user's home directory on the +remote machine and contain a line containing the name of the client +machine and the name of the user on that machine, the user is +considered for log in. +Additionally, if the server can verify the client's +host key (see +.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts +and +.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts +in the +.Sx FILES +section), only then is login permitted. +This authentication method closes security holes due to IP +spoofing, DNS spoofing and routing spoofing. +[Note to the administrator: +.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv , +.Pa ~/.rhosts , +and the rlogin/rsh protocol in general, are inherently insecure and should be +disabled if security is desired.] +.Pp +As a second authentication method, .Nm +supports RSA based authentication. +The scheme is based on public-key cryptography: there are cryptosystems +where encryption and decryption are done using separate keys, and it +is not possible to derive the decryption key from the encryption key. +RSA is one such system. +The idea is that each user creates a public/private +key pair for authentication purposes. +The server knows the public key, and only the user knows the private key. +.Pp +The file +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys +lists the public keys that are permitted for logging in. +When the user logs in, the +.Nm +program tells the server which key pair it would like to use for +authentication. +The server checks if this key is permitted, and if so, +sends the user (actually the +.Nm +program running on behalf of the user) a challenge, a random number, +encrypted by the user's public key. +The challenge can only be decrypted using the proper private key. +The user's client then decrypts the challenge using the private key, +proving that he/she knows the private key +but without disclosing it to the server. +.Pp +.Nm +implements the RSA authentication protocol automatically. +The user creates his/her RSA key pair by running +.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . +This stores the private key in +.Pa ~/.ssh/identity +and stores the public key in +.Pa ~/.ssh/identity.pub +in the user's home directory. +The user should then copy the +.Pa identity.pub +to +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys +in his/her home directory on the remote machine (the +.Pa authorized_keys +file corresponds to the conventional +.Pa ~/.rhosts +file, and has one key +per line, though the lines can be very long). +After this, the user can log in without giving the password. +.Pp +The most convenient way to use RSA authentication may be with an +authentication agent. +See +.Xr ssh-agent 1 +for more information. +.Pp +If other authentication methods fail, +.Nm +prompts the user for a password. +The password is sent to the remote +host for checking; however, since all communications are encrypted, +the password cannot be seen by someone listening on the network. +.Ss SSH protocol version 2 +When a user connects using protocol version 2, +similar authentication methods are available. +Using the default values for +.Cm PreferredAuthentications , +the client will try to authenticate first using the hostbased method; +if this method fails, public key authentication is attempted, +and finally if this method fails, keyboard-interactive and +password authentication are tried. +.Pp +The public key method is similar to RSA authentication described +in the previous section and allows the RSA or DSA algorithm to be used: +The client uses his private key, +.Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa +or +.Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa , +to sign the session identifier and sends the result to the server. +The server checks whether the matching public key is listed in +.Pa ~/.ssh/authorized_keys +and grants access if both the key is found and the signature is correct. +The session identifier is derived from a shared Diffie-Hellman value +and is only known to the client and the server. +.Pp +If public key authentication fails or is not available, a password +can be sent encrypted to the remote host to prove the user's identity. +.Pp +Additionally, +.Nm +supports hostbased or challenge response authentication. +.Pp +Protocol 2 provides additional mechanisms for confidentiality +(the traffic is encrypted using AES, 3DES, Blowfish, CAST128 or Arcfour) +and integrity (hmac-md5, hmac-sha1, hmac-ripemd160). +Note that protocol 1 lacks a strong mechanism for ensuring the +integrity of the connection. +.Ss Login session and remote execution +When the user's identity has been accepted by the server, the server +either executes the given command, or logs into the machine and gives +the user a normal shell on the remote machine. +All communication with +the remote command or shell will be automatically encrypted. +.Pp +If a pseudo-terminal has been allocated (normal login session), the +user may use the escape characters noted below. +.Pp +If no pseudo-tty has been allocated, +the session is transparent and can be used to reliably transfer binary data. +On most systems, setting the escape character to +.Dq none +will also make the session transparent even if a tty is used. +.Pp +The session terminates when the command or shell on the remote +machine exits and all X11 and TCP/IP connections have been closed. +The exit status of the remote program is returned as the exit status of +.Nm ssh . +.Pp +.Nm may additionally obtain configuration data from a per-user configuration file and a system-wide configuration file. The file format and configuration options are described in .Xr ssh_config 5 . +.Ss Escape Characters +When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, +.Nm +supports a number of functions through the use of an escape character. +.Pp +A single tilde character can be sent as +.Ic ~~ +or by following the tilde by a character other than those described below. +The escape character must always follow a newline to be interpreted as +special. +The escape character can be changed in configuration files using the +.Cm EscapeChar +configuration directive or on the command line by the +.Fl e +option. +.Pp +The supported escapes (assuming the default +.Ql ~ ) +are: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Cm ~. +Disconnect. +.It Cm ~^Z +Background +.Nm ssh . +.It Cm ~# +List forwarded connections. +.It Cm ~& +Background +.Nm +at logout when waiting for forwarded connection / X11 sessions to terminate. +.It Cm ~? +Display a list of escape characters. +.It Cm ~B +Send a BREAK to the remote system +(only useful for SSH protocol version 2 and if the peer supports it). +.It Cm ~C +Open command line. +Currently this allows the addition of port forwardings using the +.Fl L +and +.Fl R +options (see below). +It also allows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings +using +.Fl KR Ar hostport . +.Ic !\& Ns Ar command +allows the user to execute a local command if the +.Ic PermitLocalCommand +option is enabled in +.Xr ssh_config 5 . +Basic help is available, using the +.Fl h +option. +.It Cm ~R +Request rekeying of the connection +(only useful for SSH protocol version 2 and if the peer supports it). +.El +.Ss X11 and TCP forwarding +If the +.Cm ForwardX11 +variable is set to +.Dq yes +(or see the description of the +.Fl X +and +.Fl x +options described later) +and the user is using X11 (the +.Ev DISPLAY +environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display is +automatically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11 +programs started from the shell (or command) will go through the +encrypted channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made +from the local machine. +The user should not manually set +.Ev DISPLAY . +Forwarding of X11 connections can be +configured on the command line or in configuration files. +.Pp +The +.Ev DISPLAY +value set by +.Nm +will point to the server machine, but with a display number greater than zero. +This is normal, and happens because +.Nm +creates a +.Dq proxy +X server on the server machine for forwarding the +connections over the encrypted channel. +.Pp +.Nm +will also automatically set up Xauthority data on the server machine. +For this purpose, it will generate a random authorization cookie, +store it in Xauthority on the server, and verify that any forwarded +connections carry this cookie and replace it by the real cookie when +the connection is opened. +The real authentication cookie is never +sent to the server machine (and no cookies are sent in the plain). +.Pp +If the +.Cm ForwardAgent +variable is set to +.Dq yes +(or see the description of the +.Fl A +and +.Fl a +options described later) and +the user is using an authentication agent, the connection to the agent +is automatically forwarded to the remote side. +.Pp +Forwarding of arbitrary TCP/IP connections over the secure channel can +be specified either on the command line or in a configuration file. +One possible application of TCP/IP forwarding is a secure connection to an +electronic purse; another is going through firewalls. +.Ss Server authentication +.Nm +automatically maintains and checks a database containing +identifications for all hosts it has ever been used with. +Host keys are stored in +.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts +in the user's home directory. +Additionally, the file +.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_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, +.Nm +warns about this and disables password authentication to prevent a +trojan horse from getting the user's password. +Another purpose of this mechanism is to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks +which could otherwise be used to circumvent the encryption. +The +.Cm StrictHostKeyChecking +option can be used to prevent logins to machines whose +host key is not known or has changed. +.Pp +.Nm +can be configured to verify host identification using fingerprint resource +records (SSHFP) published in DNS. +The +.Cm VerifyHostKeyDNS +option can be used to control how DNS lookups are performed. +SSHFP resource records can be generated using +.Xr ssh-keygen 1 . .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Nm will normally set the following environment variables: