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diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_app.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_app.xml index 29cbbd79a2..79dd1e210e 100644 --- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_app.xml +++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh_app.xml @@ -137,6 +137,19 @@ <p>Supported algorithms are:</p> <taglist> + <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>Public key algorithms</tag> <item> <list type="bulleted"> @@ -157,30 +170,26 @@ </list> </item> - <tag>Encryption algorithms</tag> + <tag>Encryption algorithms (ciphers)</tag> <item> <list type="bulleted"> + <item>[email protected] (AEAD_AES_128_GCM)</item> + <item>[email protected] (AEAD_AES_256_GCM)</item> <item>aes128-ctr</item> <item>aes192-ctr</item> <item>aes256-ctr</item> <item>aes128-cbc</item> <item>3des-cbc</item> </list> + <p>Following the internet de-facto standard, the cipher and mac algorithm AEAD_AES_128_GCM is selected when the + cipher [email protected] is negotiated. The cipher and mac algorithm AEAD_AES_256_GCM is selected when the + cipher [email protected] is negotiated. + </p> + <p>See the text at the description of <seealso marker="#rfc5647_note">the rfc 5647 further down</seealso> + for more information. + </p> </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"> @@ -255,6 +264,30 @@ <p></p> </item> + <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5647">RFC 5647</url>, AES Galois Counter Mode for + the Secure Shell Transport Layer Protocol. + <p><marker id="rfc5647_note"/>There is an ambiguity in the synchronized selection of cipher and mac algorithm. + This is resolved by OpenSSH in the ciphers [email protected] and [email protected] which are implemented. + If the explicit ciphers and macs AEAD_AES_128_GCM or AEAD_AES_256_GCM are needed, + they could be enabled with the option preferred_algorithms. + <warning> + If the client or the server is not Erlang/OTP, it is the users responsibility to check that + other implementation has the same interpretation of AEAD_AES_*_GCM as the Erlang/OTP SSH before + enabling them. The aes*[email protected] variants are always safe to use since they lack the + ambiguity. + </warning> + </p> + <p>The second paragraph in section 5.1 is resolved as: + <list type="ordered"> + <item>If the negotiated cipher is AEAD_AES_128_GCM, the mac algorithm is set to AEAD_AES_128_GCM.</item> + <item>If the negotiated cipher is AEAD_AES_256_GCM, the mac algorithm is set to AEAD_AES_256_GCM.</item> + <item>If the mac algorithm is AEAD_AES_128_GCM, the cipher is set to AEAD_AES_128_GCM.</item> + <item>If the mac algorithm is AEAD_AES_256_GCM, the cipher is set to AEAD_AES_256_GCM.</item> + </list> + The first rule that matches when read in order from the top is applied + </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 @@ -266,6 +299,13 @@ </list> </p> </item> + + <item><url href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6668">RFC 6668</url>, SHA-2 Data Integrity Verification for + the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol + <p>Comment: Defines hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha2-512 + </p> + </item> + </list> </section> |