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+++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_app.xml
@@ -41,15 +41,18 @@
<section>
<title>DEPENDENCIES</title>
- <p>The <c>ssh</c> application uses the applications <c>public_key</c> and
- <c>crypto</c> to handle public keys and encryption. Hence, these
+ <p>The <c>ssh</c> application uses the applications
+ <seealso marker="public_key:public_key">public_key</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="crypto:crypto">crypto</seealso>
+ to handle public keys and encryption. Hence, these
applications must be loaded for the <c>ssh</c> application to work. In
an embedded environment this means that they must be started with
- <c>application:start/[1,2]</c> before the <c>ssh</c> application is started.
+ <seealso marker="kernel:application#start/1">application:start/1,2</seealso> before the
+ <c>ssh</c> application is started.
</p>
</section>
- <section>
+ <section>
<title>CONFIGURATION</title>
<p>The <c>ssh</c> application does not have an application-
@@ -62,10 +65,13 @@
<item><c>authorized_keys2</c></item>
<item><c>id_dsa</c></item>
<item><c>id_rsa</c></item>
+ <item><c>id_ecdsa</c></item>
<item><c>ssh_host_dsa_key</c></item>
<item><c>ssh_host_rsa_key</c></item>
+ <item><c>ssh_host_ecdsa_key</c></item>
</list>
<p>By default, <c>ssh</c> looks for <c>id_dsa</c>, <c>id_rsa</c>,
+ <c>id_ecdsa_key</c>,
<c>known_hosts</c>, and <c>authorized_keys</c> in ~/.ssh,
and for the host key files in <c>/etc/ssh</c>. These locations can be changed
by the options <c>user_dir</c> and <c>system_dir</c>.
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@
</section>
<section>
<title>Public Keys</title>
- <p><c>id_dsa</c> and <c>id_rsa</c> are the users private key files.
+ <p><c>id_dsa</c>, <c>id_rsa</c> and <c>id_ecdsa</c> are the users private key files.
Notice that the public key is part of the private key so the <c>ssh</c>
application does not use the <c>id_&lt;*>.pub</c> files. These are
for the user's convenience when it is needed to convey the user's
@@ -104,8 +110,8 @@
<section>
<title>Host Keys</title>
<p>RSA and DSA host keys are supported and are
- expected to be found in files named <c>ssh_host_rsa_key</c> and
- <c>ssh_host_dsa_key</c>.
+ expected to be found in files named <c>ssh_host_rsa_key</c>,
+ <c>ssh_host_dsa_key</c> and <c>ssh_host_ecdsa_key</c>.
</p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -114,6 +120,157 @@
</section>
<section>
+ <marker id="supported"/>
+ <title>SUPPORTED SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS</title>
+ <p>The supported SSH version is 2.0.</p>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Algorithms</title>
+ <p>The actual set of algorithms may vary depending on which OpenSSL crypto library that is installed on the machine.
+ For the list on a particular installation, use the command
+ <seealso marker="ssh:ssh#default_algorithms/0">ssh:default_algorithms/0</seealso>.
+ The user may override the default algorithm configuration both on the server side and the client side.
+ See the option <c>preferred_algorithms</c> in the <seealso marker="ssh:ssh#daemon/1">ssh:daemon/1,2,3</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="ssh:ssh#connect/3">ssh:connect/3,4</seealso> functions.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Supported algorithms are:</p>
+
+ <taglist>
+ <tag>Public key algorithms</tag>
+ <item>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>ecdsa-sha2-nistp256</item>
+ <item>ecdsa-sha2-nistp384</item>
+ <item>ecdsa-sha2-nistp521</item>
+ <item>ssh-rsa</item>
+ <item>ssh-dss</item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>MAC algorithms</tag>
+ <item>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>hmac-sha2-256</item>
+ <item>hmac-sha2-512</item>
+ <item>hmac-sha1</item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>Encryption algorithms</tag>
+ <item>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>aes128-ctr</item>
+ <item>aes192-ctr</item>
+ <item>aes256-ctr</item>
+ <item>aes128-cbc</item>
+ <item>3des-cbc</item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>Key exchange algorithms</tag>
+ <item>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>ecdh-sha2-nistp256</item>
+ <item>ecdh-sha2-nistp384</item>
+ <item>ecdh-sha2-nistp521</item>
+ <item>diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1</item>
+ <item>diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256</item>
+ <item>diffie-hellman-group14-sha1</item>
+ <item>diffie-hellman-group1-sha1</item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+
+ <tag>Compression algorithms</tag>
+ <item>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>none</item>
+ <item>[email protected]</item>
+ <item>zlib</item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Unicode support</title>
+ <p>Unicode filenames are supported 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> for information about this subject.
+ </p>
+ <p>The shell and the cli both support unicode.
+ </p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Rfcs</title>
+ <p>The following rfc:s are supported:</p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4251">RFC 4251</url>, The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol Architecture.
+ <p>Except
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>9.4.6 Host-Based Authentication</item>
+ <item>9.5.2 Proxy Forwarding</item>
+ <item>9.5.3 X11 Forwarding</item>
+ </list>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4252">RFC 4252</url>, The Secure Shell (SSH) Authentication Protocol.
+ <p>Except
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>9. Host-Based Authentication: "hostbased"</item>
+ </list>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4253">RFC 4253</url>, The Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol.
+ <p></p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4254">RFC 4254</url>, The Secure Shell (SSH) Connection Protocol.
+ <p>Except
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>6.3. X11 Forwarding</item>
+ <item>7. TCP/IP Port Forwarding</item>
+ </list>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4256">RFC 4256</url>, Generic Message Exchange Authentication for
+ the Secure Shell Protocol (SSH).
+ <p>Except
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item><c>num-prompts > 1</c></item>
+ <item>password changing</item>
+ <item>other identification methods than userid-password</item>
+ </list>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4419">RFC 4419</url>, Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for
+ the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol.
+ <p></p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4716">RFC 4716</url>, The Secure Shell (SSH) Public Key File Format.
+ <p></p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5656">RFC 5656</url>, Elliptic Curve Algorithm Integration in
+ the Secure Shell Transport Layer.
+ <p>Except
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>5. ECMQV Key Exchange</item>
+ <item>6.4. ECMQV Key Exchange and Verification Method Name</item>
+ <item>7.2. ECMQV Message Numbers</item>
+ <item>10.2. Recommended Curves</item>
+ </list>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<p><seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p>
</section>
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