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authorDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-29 10:16:02 +0000
committerDag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-29 10:16:02 +0000
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Resolve conflicts.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=106130
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diff --git a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5 b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
index 85acc6ad761e..52dab57a0120 100644
--- a/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
+++ b/crypto/openssh/ssh_config.5
@@ -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_config.5,v 1.1 2002/06/20 19:56:07 stevesk Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.5 2002/08/29 22:54:10 stevesk Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
@@ -51,10 +51,16 @@
.Nm ssh
obtains configuration data from the following sources in
the following order:
-command line options, user's configuration file
-.Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config ,
-and system-wide configuration file
-.Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config .
+.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact
+.It
+command-line options
+.It
+user's configuration file
+.Pq Pa $HOME/.ssh/config
+.It
+system-wide configuration file
+.Pq Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_config
+.El
.Pp
For each parameter, the first obtained value
will be used.
@@ -253,6 +259,13 @@ or
.Dq no .
The default is
.Dq no .
+.Pp
+Agent forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the
+ability to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the agent's
+Unix-domain socket) can access the local agent through the forwarded
+connection. An attacker cannot obtain key material from the agent,
+however they can perform operations on the keys that enable them to
+authenticate using the identities loaded into the agent.
.It Cm ForwardX11
Specifies whether X11 connections will be automatically redirected
over the secure channel and
@@ -264,6 +277,12 @@ or
.Dq no .
The default is
.Dq no .
+.Pp
+X11 forwarding should be enabled with caution. Users with the ability
+to bypass file permissions on the remote host (for the user's X
+authorization database) can access the local X11 display through the
+forwarded connection. An attacker may then be able to perform
+activities such as keystroke monitoring.
.It Cm GatewayPorts
Specifies whether remote hosts are allowed to connect to local
forwarded ports.
@@ -493,7 +512,12 @@ or
.Dq no .
The default is
.Dq no .
-This option applies to protocol version 1 only.
+This option applies to protocol version 1 only and requires
+.Nm ssh
+to be setuid root and
+.Cm UsePrivilegedPort
+to be set to
+.Dq yes .
.It Cm RhostsRSAAuthentication
Specifies whether to try rhosts based authentication with RSA host
authentication.
@@ -568,6 +592,10 @@ or
.Dq no .
The default is
.Dq no .
+If set to
+.Dq yes
+.Nm ssh
+must be setuid root.
Note that this option must be set to
.Dq yes
if
@@ -588,7 +616,7 @@ host key database instead of
Specifies a string to append to the regular version string to identify
OS- or site-specific modifications.
.It Cm XAuthLocation
-Specifies the location of the
+Specifies the full pathname of the
.Xr xauth 1
program.
The default is