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--- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
+++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
@@ -35,13 +35,15 @@
<section>
<title>SSH</title>
-
+ <marker id="supported"/>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>For application dependencies see <seealso marker="SSH_app"> ssh(6)</seealso> </item>
<item>Supported SSH version is 2.0.</item>
+ <item>Supported public key algorithms: ssh-rsa and ssh-dss.</item>
<item>Supported MAC algorithms: hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha1.</item>
<item>Supported encryption algorithms: aes128-ctr, aes128-cb and 3des-cbc.</item>
<item>Supported key exchange algorithms: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1.</item>
+ <item>Supported compression algorithms: none, zlib, [email protected],</item>
<item>Supports unicode filenames if the emulator and the underlaying OS support it.
See section DESCRIPTION in the
<seealso marker="kernel:file">file</seealso> manual page in <c>kernel</c>
@@ -57,29 +59,40 @@
this module, or abstractions to indicate the intended use of the data
type, or both:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c>boolean()</c></tag>
- <item><p>= <c>true | false</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>string()</c></tag>
- <item><p>= <c>[byte()]</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>ssh_daemon_ref()</c></tag>
- <item><p>Opaque to the user,
- returned by <c>ssh:daemon/[1,2,3]</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>ssh_connection_ref()</c></tag>
- <item><p>Opaque to the user,
- returned by <c>ssh:connect/3</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>ip_address()</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>boolean() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>true | false</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>string() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>[byte()]</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>ssh_daemon_ref() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p>opaque() -
+ as returned by <c>ssh:daemon/[1,2,3]</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>ssh_connection_ref() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p>opaque() - as returned by <c>ssh:connect/3</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>ip_address() =</c></tag>
<item><p><c>inet::ip_address</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>subsystem_spec()</c></tag>
- <item><p>= <c>{subsystem_name(),
- {channel_callback(), channel_init_args()}}</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>subsystem_name()</c></tag>
- <item><p>= <c>string()</c></p></item>
- <tag><c>channel_callback()</c></tag>
- <item><p>= <c>atom()</c> - Name of the Erlang module
- implementing the subsystem using the <c>ssh_channel</c> behavior, see
- <seealso marker="ssh_channel">ssh_channel(3)</seealso></p></item>
- <tag><c>channel_init_args()</c></tag>
- <item><p>= <c>list()</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>subsystem_spec() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>{subsystem_name(),
+ {channel_callback(), channel_init_args()}}</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>subsystem_name() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>string()</c></p></item>
+ <tag><c>channel_callback() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>atom()</c> - Name of the Erlang module
+ implementing the subsystem using the <c>ssh_channel</c> behavior, see
+ <seealso marker="ssh_channel">ssh_channel(3)</seealso></p></item>
+ <tag><c>channel_init_args() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>list()</c></p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>algs_list() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>list( alg_entry() )</c></p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>alg_entry() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>{kex, simple_algs()} | {public_key, simple_algs()} | {cipher, double_algs()} | {mac, double_algs()} | {compression, double_algs()}</c></p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>simple_algs() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>list( atom() )</c></p></item>
+
+ <tag><c>double_algs() =</c></tag>
+ <item><p><c>[{client2serverlist,simple_algs()},{server2client,simple_algs()}] | simple_algs()</c></p></item>
</taglist>
</section>
@@ -161,19 +174,63 @@
and <c>password</c>. However, those optins are not always desirable
to use from a security point of view.</p>
</item>
+
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{disconnectfun, fun(Reason:term()) -> _}]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Provides a fun to implement your own logging when a server disconnects the client.</p>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c><![CDATA[{public_key_alg, 'ssh-rsa' | 'ssh-dss'}]]></c></tag>
<item>
+ <note>
+ <p>This option is kept for compatibility. It is ignored if the <c>preferred_algorithms</c>
+ option is used. The equivalence of <c>{public_key_alg,'ssh-dss'}</c> is
+ <c>{preferred_algorithms, [{public_key,['ssh-dss','ssh-rsa']}]}</c>.</p>
+ </note>
<p>Sets the preferred public key algorithm to use for user
authentication. If the preferred algorithm fails,
the other algorithm is tried. The default is
to try <c><![CDATA['ssh-rsa']]></c> first.</p>
</item>
+
<tag><c><![CDATA[{pref_public_key_algs, list()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
+ <note>
+ <p>This option is kept for compatibility. It is ignored if the <c>preferred_algorithms</c>
+ option is used. The equivalence of <c>{pref_public_key_algs,['ssh-dss']}</c> is
+ <c>{preferred_algorithms, [{public_key,['ssh-dss']}]}</c>.</p>
+ </note>
<p>List of public key algorithms to try to use.
<c>'ssh-rsa'</c> and <c>'ssh-dss'</c> are available.
Overrides <c><![CDATA[{public_key_alg, 'ssh-rsa' | 'ssh-dss'}]]></c></p>
</item>
+
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{preferred_algorithms, algs_list()}]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>List of algorithms to use in the algorithm negotiation. The default <c>algs_list()</c> can
+ be obtained from <seealso marker="#default_algorithms/0">default_algorithms/0</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Here is an example of this option:</p>
+ <code>
+{preferred_algorithms,
+ [{public_key,['ssh-rsa','ssh-dss']},
+ {cipher,[{client2server,['aes128-ctr']},
+ {server2client,['aes128-cbc','3des-cbc']}]},
+ {mac,['hmac-sha2-256','hmac-sha1']},
+ {compression,[none,zlib]}
+}
+</code>
+ <p>The example specifies different algorithms in the two directions (client2server and server2client), for cipher but specifies the same
+algorithms for mac and compression in both directions. The kex (key exchange) and public key algorithms are set to their default values,
+kex is implicit but public_key is set explicitly.</p>
+
+ <warning>
+ <p>Changing the values can make a connection less secure. Do not change unless you
+ know exactly what you are doing. If you do not understand the values then you
+ are not supposed to change them.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c><![CDATA[{connect_timeout, timeout()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Sets a time-out on the transport layer
@@ -227,6 +284,13 @@
<item>
<p>Sets a time-out on a connection when no channels are active.
Defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p></item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{ssh_msg_debug_fun, fun(ConnectionRef::ssh_connection_ref(), AlwaysDisplay::boolean(), Msg::binary(), LanguageTag::binary()) -> _}]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Provide a fun to implement your own logging of the SSH message SSH_MSG_DEBUG. The last three parameters are from the message, see RFC4253, section 11.3. The <c>ConnectionRef</c> is the reference to the connection on which the message arrived. The return value from the fun is not checked.</p>
+ <p>The default behaviour is ignore the message.
+ To get a printout for each message with <c>AlwaysDisplay = true</c>, use for example <c>{ssh_msg_debug_fun, fun(_,true,M,_)-> io:format("DEBUG: ~p~n", [M]) end}</c></p>
+ </item>
+
</taglist>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -335,6 +399,33 @@
user. From a security perspective this option makes
the server very vulnerable.</p>
</item>
+
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{preferred_algorithms, algs_list()}]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>List of algorithms to use in the algorithm negotiation. The default <c>algs_list()</c> can
+ be obtained from <seealso marker="#default_algorithms/0">default_algorithms/0</seealso>.
+ </p>
+ <p>Here is an example of this option:</p>
+ <code>
+{preferred_algorithms,
+ [{public_key,['ssh-rsa','ssh-dss']},
+ {cipher,[{client2server,['aes128-ctr']},
+ {server2client,['aes128-cbc','3des-cbc']}]},
+ {mac,['hmac-sha2-256','hmac-sha1']},
+ {compression,[none,zlib]}
+}
+</code>
+ <p>The example specifies different algorithms in the two directions (client2server and server2client), for cipher but specifies the same
+algorithms for mac and compression in both directions. The kex (key exchange) and public key algorithms are set to their default values,
+kex is implicit but public_key is set explicitly.</p>
+
+ <warning>
+ <p>Changing the values can make a connection less secure. Do not change unless you
+ know exactly what you are doing. If you do not understand the values then you
+ are not supposed to change them.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </item>
+
<tag><c><![CDATA[{pwdfun, fun(User::string(), password::string()) -> boolean()}]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Provides a function for password validation. This function is called
@@ -427,10 +518,38 @@
<item>
<p>Provides a fun to implement your own logging when a user disconnects from the server.</p>
</item>
- </taglist>
- </desc>
+
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[{ssh_msg_debug_fun, fun(ConnectionRef::ssh_connection_ref(), AlwaysDisplay::boolean(), Msg::binary(), LanguageTag::binary()) -> _}]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Provide a fun to implement your own logging of the SSH message SSH_MSG_DEBUG. The last three parameters are from the message, see RFC4253, section 11.3. The <c>ConnectionRef</c> is the reference to the connection on which the message arrived. The return value from the fun is not checked.</p>
+ <p>The default behaviour is ignore the message.
+ To get a printout for each message with <c>AlwaysDisplay = true</c>, use for example <c>{ssh_msg_debug_fun, fun(_,true,M,_)-> io:format("DEBUG: ~p~n", [M]) end}</c></p>
+ </item>
+
+ </taglist>
+ </desc>
</func>
+ <func>
+ <name>default_algorithms() -> algs_list()</name>
+ <fsummary>Get a list declaring the supported algorithms</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Returns a key-value list, where the keys are the different types of algorithms and the values are the
+ algorithms themselves. An example:</p>
+ <code>
+20> ssh:default_algorithms().
+[{kex,['diffie-hellman-group1-sha1']},
+ {public_key,['ssh-rsa','ssh-dss']},
+ {cipher,[{client2server,['aes128-ctr','aes128-cbc','3des-cbc']},
+ {server2client,['aes128-ctr','aes128-cbc','3des-cbc']}]},
+ {mac,[{client2server,['hmac-sha2-256','hmac-sha1']},
+ {server2client,['hmac-sha2-256','hmac-sha1']}]},
+ {compression,[{client2server,[none,zlib]},
+ {server2client,[none,zlib]}]}]
+21>
+</code>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
<func>
<name>shell(Host) -> </name>