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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml index 0223831cb1..407956cc6f 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml @@ -762,9 +762,23 @@ <datatype> <name name="rekey_limit_common_option"/> + <name name="limit_bytes"/> + <name name="limit_time"/> <desc> - <p>Sets a limit, in bytes, when rekeying is to be initiated. - Defaults to once per each GB and once per hour.</p> + <p>Sets the limit when rekeying is to be initiated. Both the max time and max amount of data + could be configured: + </p> + <list> + <item><c>{Minutes, Bytes}</c> initiate rekeying when any of the limits are reached.</item> + <item><c>Bytes</c> initiate rekeying when <c>Bytes</c> number of bytes are transferred, + or at latest after one hour.</item> + </list> + <p>When a rekeying is done, both the timer and the byte counter are restarted. + Defaults to one hour and one GByte.</p> + <p>If <c>Minutes</c> is set to <c>infinity</c>, no rekeying will ever occur due to that max time has passed. + Setting <c>Bytes</c> to <c>infinity</c> will inhibit rekeying after a certain amount of data has been transferred. + If the option value is set to <c>{infinity, infinity}</c>, no rekeying will be initiated. Note that rekeying initiated + by the peer will still be performed.</p> </desc> </datatype> |