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-rw-r--r--lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml17
-rw-r--r--lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl6
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
index c7a09d65a8..b938da091c 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
+++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
@@ -40,19 +40,24 @@
<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:ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521, ssh-rsa and ssh-dss.</item>
- <item>Supported MAC algorithms: hmac-sha2-512, hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha1.</item>
- <item>Supported MAC algorithms: hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha1.</item>
+ <item>Supported public key algorithms: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256, ecdsa-sha2-nistp384, ecdsa-sha2-nistp521, ssh-rsa and ssh-dss.</item>
+ <item>Supported MAC algorithms: hmac-sha2-256, hmac-sha2-512 and hmac-sha1.</item>
<item>Supported encryption algorithms: aes256-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes128-ctr, aes128-cb and 3des-cbc.</item>
- <item>Supported key exchange algorithms: ecdh-sha2-nistp256, ecdh-sha2-nistp384, ecdh-sha2-nistp521, diffie-hellman-group1-sha1, diffie-hellman-group14-sha1, diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1 and diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256.</item>
- <item>Supported compression algorithms: none, [email protected], zlib</item>
+ <item>Supported key exchange algorithms: ecdh-sha2-nistp256, ecdh-sha2-nistp384, ecdh-sha2-nistp521, diffie-hellman-group14-sha1, diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1, diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256 and diffie-hellman-group1-sha1</item>
+ <item>Supported compression algorithms: none, [email protected] and zlib</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>
for information about this subject.</item>
<item>Supports unicode in shell and CLI.</item>
</list>
-
+ <p>The actual set of algorithms can 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="#default_algorithms/0">default_algorithms/0</seealso>.
+ The user may override the default algorithm configuration both on the server side and the client side.
+ See the option preferred_algorithms in the <seealso marker="#daemon/1">daemon</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="#connect/3">connect</seealso> functions.
+</p>
+
</section>
<section>
diff --git a/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl b/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl
index 132de71aed..15591fb4a7 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl
+++ b/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ channel_info(ConnectionRef, ChannelId, Options) ->
ssh_connection_handler:channel_info(ConnectionRef, ChannelId, Options).
%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
--spec daemon(integer()) -> {ok, pid()}.
--spec daemon(integer(), proplists:proplist()) -> {ok, pid()}.
--spec daemon(any | inet:ip_address(), integer(), proplists:proplist()) -> {ok, pid()}.
+-spec daemon(integer()) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, term()}.
+-spec daemon(integer(), proplists:proplist()) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, term()}.
+-spec daemon(any | inet:ip_address(), integer(), proplists:proplist()) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, term()}.
%% Description: Starts a server listening for SSH connections
%% on the given port.