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-.\" -*- nroff -*-
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-.\" $OpenBSD: RFC.nroff,v 1.2 2000/10/16 09:38:44 djm Exp $
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-.pl 10.0i
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-.ll 7.2i
-.lt 7.2i
-.nr LL 7.2i
-.nr LT 7.2i
-.ds LF Ylonen
-.ds RF FORMFEED[Page %]
-.ds CF
-.ds LH Internet-Draft
-.ds RH 15 November 1995
-.ds CH SSH (Secure Shell) Remote Login Protocol
-.na
-.hy 0
-.in 0
-Network Working Group T. Ylonen
-Internet-Draft Helsinki University of Technology
-draft-ylonen-ssh-protocol-00.txt 15 November 1995
-Expires: 15 May 1996
-
-.in 3
-
-.ce
-The SSH (Secure Shell) Remote Login Protocol
-
-.ti 0
-Status of This Memo
-
-This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working
-documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas,
-and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute
-working documents as Internet-Drafts.
-
-Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six
-months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other docu-
-ments at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as
-reference material or to cite them other than as ``work in pro-
-gress.''
-
-To learn the current status of any Internet-Draft, please check the
-``1id-abstracts.txt'' listing contained in the Internet- Drafts Shadow
-Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), nic.nordu.net (Europe),
-munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ds.internic.net (US East Coast), or
-ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast).
-
-The distribution of this memo is unlimited.
-
-.ti 0
-Introduction
-
-SSH (Secure Shell) is a program to log into another computer over a
-network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files
-from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and
-secure communications over insecure networks. Its features include
-the following:
-.IP o
-Closes several security holes (e.g., IP, routing, and DNS spoofing).
-New authentication methods: .rhosts together with RSA [RSA] based host
-authentication, and pure RSA authentication.
-.IP o
-All communications are automatically and transparently encrypted.
-Encryption is also used to protect integrity.
-.IP o
-X11 connection forwarding provides secure X11 sessions.
-.IP o
-Arbitrary TCP/IP ports can be redirected over the encrypted channel
-in both directions.
-.IP o
-Client RSA-authenticates the server machine in the beginning of every
-connection to prevent trojan horses (by routing or DNS spoofing) and
-man-in-the-middle attacks, and the server RSA-authenticates the client
-machine before accepting .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication
-(to prevent DNS, routing, or IP spoofing).
-.IP o
-An authentication agent, running in the user's local workstation or
-laptop, can be used to hold the user's RSA authentication keys.
-.RT
-
-The goal has been to make the software as easy to use as possible for
-ordinary users. The protocol has been designed to be as secure as
-possible while making it possible to create implementations that
-are easy to use and install. The sample implementation has a number
-of convenient features that are not described in this document as they
-are not relevant for the protocol.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Overview of the Protocol
-
-The software consists of a server program running on a server machine,
-and a client program running on a client machine (plus a few auxiliary
-programs). The machines are connected by an insecure IP [RFC0791]
-network (that can be monitored, tampered with, and spoofed by hostile
-parties).
-
-A connection is always initiated by the client side. The server
-listens on a specific port waiting for connections. Many clients may
-connect to the same server machine.
-
-The client and the server are connected via a TCP/IP [RFC0793] socket
-that is used for bidirectional communication. Other types of
-transport can be used but are currently not defined.
-
-When the client connects the server, the server accepts the connection
-and responds by sending back its version identification string. The
-client parses the server's identification, and sends its own
-identification. The purpose of the identification strings is to
-validate that the connection was to the correct port, declare the
-protocol version number used, and to declare the software version used
-on each side (for debugging purposes). The identification strings are
-human-readable. If either side fails to understand or support the
-other side's version, it closes the connection.
-
-After the protocol identification phase, both sides switch to a packet
-based binary protocol. The server starts by sending its host key
-(every host has an RSA key used to authenticate the host), server key
-(an RSA key regenerated every hour), and other information to the
-client. The client then generates a 256 bit session key, encrypts it
-using both RSA keys (see below for details), and sends the encrypted
-session key and selected cipher type to the server. Both sides then
-turn on encryption using the selected algorithm and key. The server
-sends an encrypted confirmation message to the client.
-
-The client then authenticates itself using any of a number of
-authentication methods. The currently supported authentication
-methods are .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv authentication (disabled by
-default), the same with RSA-based host authentication, RSA
-authentication, and password authentication.
-
-After successful authentication, the client makes a number of requests
-to prepare for the session. Typical requests include allocating a
-pseudo tty, starting X11 [X11] or TCP/IP port forwarding, starting
-authentication agent forwarding, and executing the shell or a command.
-
-When a shell or command is executed, the connection enters interactive
-session mode. In this mode, data is passed in both directions,
-new forwarded connections may be opened, etc. The interactive session
-normally terminates when the server sends the exit status of the
-program to the client.
-
-
-The protocol makes several reservations for future extensibility.
-First of all, the initial protocol identification messages include the
-protocol version number. Second, the first packet by both sides
-includes a protocol flags field, which can be used to agree on
-extensions in a compatible manner. Third, the authentication and
-session preparation phases work so that the client sends requests to
-the server, and the server responds with success or failure. If the
-client sends a request that the server does not support, the server
-simply returns failure for it. This permits compatible addition of
-new authentication methods and preparation operations. The
-interactive session phase, on the other hand, works asynchronously and
-does not permit the use of any extensions (because there is no easy
-and reliable way to signal rejection to the other side and problems
-would be hard to debug). Any compatible extensions to this phase must
-be agreed upon during any of the earlier phases.
-
-.ti 0
-The Binary Packet Protocol
-
-After the protocol identification strings, both sides only send
-specially formatted packets. The packet layout is as follows:
-.IP o
-Packet length: 32 bit unsigned integer, coded as four 8-bit bytes, msb
-first. Gives the length of the packet, not including the length field
-and padding. The maximum length of a packet (not including the length
-field and padding) is 262144 bytes.
-.IP o
-Padding: 1-8 bytes of random data (or zeroes if not encrypting). The
-amount of padding is (8 - (length % 8)) bytes (where % stands for the
-modulo operator). The rationale for always having some random padding
-at the beginning of each packet is to make known plaintext attacks
-more difficult.
-.IP o
-Packet type: 8-bit unsigned byte. The value 255 is reserved for
-future extension.
-.IP o
-Data: binary data bytes, depending on the packet type. The number of
-data bytes is the "length" field minus 5.
-.IP o
-Check bytes: 32-bit crc, four 8-bit bytes, msb first. The crc is the
-Cyclic Redundancy Check, with the polynomial 0xedb88320, of the
-Padding, Packet type, and Data fields. The crc is computed before
-any encryption.
-.RT
-
-The packet, except for the length field, may be encrypted using any of
-a number of algorithms. The length of the encrypted part (Padding +
-Type + Data + Check) is always a multiple of 8 bytes. Typically the
-cipher is used in a chained mode, with all packets chained together as
-if it was a single data stream (the length field is never included in
-the encryption process). Details of encryption are described below.
-
-When the session starts, encryption is turned off. Encryption is
-enabled after the client has sent the session key. The encryption
-algorithm to use is selected by the client.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Packet Compression
-
-If compression is supported (it is an optional feature, see
-SSH_CMSG_REQUEST_COMPRESSION below), the packet type and data fields
-of the packet are compressed using the gzip deflate algorithm [GZIP].
-If compression is in effect, the packet length field indicates the
-length of the compressed data, plus 4 for the crc. The amount of
-padding is computed from the compressed data, so that the amount of
-data to be encrypted becomes a multiple of 8 bytes.
-
-When compressing, the packets (type + data portions) in each direction
-are compressed as if they formed a continuous data stream, with only the
-current compression block flushed between packets. This corresponds
-to the GNU ZLIB library Z_PARTIAL_FLUSH option. The compression
-dictionary is not flushed between packets. The two directions are
-compressed independently of each other.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Packet Encryption
-
-The protocol supports several encryption methods. During session
-initialization, the server sends a bitmask of all encryption methods
-that it supports, and the client selects one of these methods. The
-client also generates a 256-bit random session key (32 8-bit bytes) and
-sends it to the server.
-
-The encryption methods supported by the current implementation, and
-their codes are:
-.TS
-center;
-l r l.
-SSH_CIPHER_NONE 0 No encryption
-SSH_CIPHER_IDEA 1 IDEA in CFB mode
-SSH_CIPHER_DES 2 DES in CBC mode
-SSH_CIPHER_3DES 3 Triple-DES in CBC mode
-SSH_CIPHER_TSS 4 An experimental stream cipher
-SSH_CIPHER_RC4 5 RC4
-.TE
-
-All implementations are required to support SSH_CIPHER_DES and
-SSH_CIPHER_3DES. Supporting SSH_CIPHER_IDEA, SSH_CIPHER_RC4, and
-SSH_CIPHER_NONE is recommended. Support for SSH_CIPHER_TSS is
-optional (and it is not described in this document). Other ciphers
-may be added at a later time; support for them is optional.
-
-For encryption, the encrypted portion of the packet is considered a
-linear byte stream. The length of the stream is always a multiple of
-8. The encrypted portions of consecutive packets (in the same
-direction) are encrypted as if they were a continuous buffer (that is,
-any initialization vectors are passed from the previous packet to the
-next packet). Data in each direction is encrypted independently.
-.IP SSH_CIPHER_DES
-The key is taken from the first 8 bytes of the session key. The least
-significant bit of each byte is ignored. This results in 56 bits of
-key data. DES [DES] is used in CBC mode. The iv (initialization vector) is
-initialized to all zeroes.
-.IP SSH_CIPHER_3DES
-The variant of triple-DES used here works as follows: there are three
-independent DES-CBC ciphers, with independent initialization vectors.
-The data (the whole encrypted data stream) is first encrypted with the
-first cipher, then decrypted with the second cipher, and finally
-encrypted with the third cipher. All these operations are performed
-in CBC mode.
-
-The key for the first cipher is taken from the first 8 bytes of the
-session key; the key for the next cipher from the next 8 bytes, and
-the key for the third cipher from the following 8 bytes. All three
-initialization vectors are initialized to zero.
-
-(Note: the variant of 3DES used here differs from some other
-descriptions.)
-.IP SSH_CIPHER_IDEA
-The key is taken from the first 16 bytes of the session key. IDEA
-[IDEA] is used in CFB mode. The initialization vector is initialized
-to all zeroes.
-.IP SSH_CIPHER_TSS
-All 32 bytes of the session key are used as the key.
-
-There is no reference available for the TSS algorithm; it is currently
-only documented in the sample implementation source code. The
-security of this cipher is unknown (but it is quite fast). The cipher
-is basically a stream cipher that uses MD5 as a random number
-generator and takes feedback from the data.
-.IP SSH_CIPHER_RC4
-The first 16 bytes of the session key are used as the key for the
-server to client direction. The remaining 16 bytes are used as the
-key for the client to server direction. This gives independent
-128-bit keys for each direction.
-
-This algorithm is the alleged RC4 cipher posted to the Usenet in 1995.
-It is widely believed to be equivalent with the original RSADSI RC4
-cipher. This is a very fast algorithm.
-.RT
-
-
-.ti 0
-Data Type Encodings
-
-The Data field of each packet contains data encoded as described in
-this section. There may be several data items; each item is coded as
-described here, and their representations are concatenated together
-(without any alignment or padding).
-
-Each data type is stored as follows:
-.IP "8-bit byte"
-The byte is stored directly as a single byte.
-.IP "32-bit unsigned integer"
-Stored in 4 bytes, msb first.
-.IP "Arbitrary length binary string"
-First 4 bytes are the length of the string, msb first (not including
-the length itself). The following "length" bytes are the string
-value. There are no terminating null characters.
-.IP "Multiple-precision integer"
-First 2 bytes are the number of bits in the integer, msb first (for
-example, the value 0x00012345 would have 17 bits). The value zero has
-zero bits. It is permissible that the number of bits be larger than the
-real number of bits.
-
-The number of bits is followed by (bits + 7) / 8 bytes of binary data,
-msb first, giving the value of the integer.
-.RT
-
-
-.ti 0
-TCP/IP Port Number and Other Options
-
-The server listens for connections on TCP/IP port 22.
-
-The client may connect the server from any port. However, if the
-client wishes to use any form of .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv
-authentication, it must connect from a privileged port (less than
-1024).
-
-For the IP Type of Service field [RFC0791], it is recommended that
-interactive sessions (those having a user terminal or forwarding X11
-connections) use the IPTOS_LOWDELAY, and non-interactive connections
-use IPTOS_THROUGHPUT.
-
-It is recommended that keepalives are used, because otherwise programs
-on the server may never notice if the other end of the connection is
-rebooted.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Protocol Version Identification
-
-After the socket is opened, the server sends an identification string,
-which is of the form
-"SSH-<protocolmajor>.<protocolminor>-<version>\\n", where
-<protocolmajor> and <protocolminor> are integers and specify the
-protocol version number (not software distribution version).
-<version> is server side software version string (max 40 characters);
-it is not interpreted by the remote side but may be useful for
-debugging.
-
-The client parses the server's string, and sends a corresponding
-string with its own information in response. If the server has lower
-version number, and the client contains special code to emulate it,
-the client responds with the lower number; otherwise it responds with
-its own number. The server then compares the version number the
-client sent with its own, and determines whether they can work
-together. The server either disconnects, or sends the first packet
-using the binary packet protocol and both sides start working
-according to the lower of the protocol versions.
-
-By convention, changes which keep the protocol compatible with
-previous versions keep the same major protocol version; changes that
-are not compatible increment the major version (which will hopefully
-never happen). The version described in this document is 1.3.
-
-The client will
-
-.ti 0
-Key Exchange and Server Host Authentication
-
-The first message sent by the server using the packet protocol is
-SSH_SMSG_PUBLIC_KEY. It declares the server's host key, server public
-key, supported ciphers, supported authentication methods, and flags
-for protocol extensions. It also contains a 64-bit random number
-(cookie) that must be returned in the client's reply (to make IP
-spoofing more difficult). No encryption is used for this message.
-
-Both sides compute a session id as follows. The modulus of the server
-key is interpreted as a byte string (without explicit length field,
-with minimum length able to hold the whole value), most significant
-byte first. This string is concatenated with the server host key
-interpreted the same way. Additionally, the cookie is concatenated
-with this. Both sides compute MD5 of the resulting string. The
-resulting 16 bytes (128 bits) are stored by both parties and are
-called the session id.
-
-The client responds with a SSH_CMSG_SESSION_KEY message, which
-contains the selected cipher type, a copy of the 64-bit cookie sent by
-the server, client's protocol flags, and a session key encrypted
-with both the server's host key and server key. No encryption is used
-for this message.
-
-The session key is 32 8-bit bytes (a total of 256 random bits
-generated by the client). The client first xors the 16 bytes of the
-session id with the first 16 bytes of the session key. The resulting
-string is then encrypted using the smaller key (one with smaller
-modulus), and the result is then encrypted using the other key. The
-number of bits in the public modulus of the two keys must differ by at
-least 128 bits.
-
-At each encryption step, a multiple-precision integer is constructed
-from the data to be encrypted as follows (the integer is here
-interpreted as a sequence of bytes, msb first; the number of bytes is
-the number of bytes needed to represent the modulus).
-
-The most significant byte (which is only partial as the value must be
-less than the public modulus, which is never a power of two) is zero.
-
-The next byte contains the value 2 (which stands for public-key
-encrypted data in the PKCS standard [PKCS#1]). Then, there are
-non-zero random bytes to fill any unused space, a zero byte, and the
-data to be encrypted in the least significant bytes, the last byte of
-the data in the least significant byte.
-
-This algorithm is used twice. First, it is used to encrypt the 32
-random bytes generated by the client to be used as the session key
-(xored by the session id). This value is converted to an integer as
-described above, and encrypted with RSA using the key with the smaller
-modulus. The resulting integer is converted to a byte stream, msb
-first. This byte stream is padded and encrypted identically using the
-key with the larger modulus.
-
-After the client has sent the session key, it starts to use the
-selected algorithm and key for decrypting any received packets, and
-for encrypting any sent packets. Separate ciphers are used for
-different directions (that is, both directions have separate
-initialization vectors or other state for the ciphers).
-
-When the server has received the session key message, and has turned
-on encryption, it sends a SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS message to the client.
-
-The recommended size of the host key is 1024 bits, and 768 bits for
-the server key. The minimum size is 512 bits for the smaller key.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Declaring the User Name
-
-The client then sends a SSH_CMSG_USER message to the server. This
-message specifies the user name to log in as.
-
-The server validates that such a user exists, checks whether
-authentication is needed, and responds with either SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS or
-SSH_SMSG_FAILURE. SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS indicates that no authentication
-is needed for this user (no password), and authentication phase has
-now been completed. SSH_SMSG_FAILURE indicates that authentication is
-needed (or the user does not exist).
-
-If the user does not exist, it is recommended that this returns
-failure, but the server keeps reading messages from the client, and
-responds to any messages (except SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT, SSH_MSG_IGNORE,
-and SSH_MSG_DEBUG) with SSH_SMSG_FAILURE. This way the client cannot
-be certain whether the user exists.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Authentication Phase
-
-Provided the server didn't immediately accept the login, an
-authentication exchange begins. The client sends messages to the
-server requesting different types of authentication in arbitrary order as
-many times as desired (however, the server may close the connection
-after a timeout). The server always responds with SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS if
-it has accepted the authentication, and with SSH_SMSG_FAILURE if it has
-denied authentication with the requested method or it does not
-recognize the message. Some authentication methods cause an exchange
-of further messages before the final result is sent. The
-authentication phase ends when the server responds with success.
-
-The recommended value for the authentication timeout (timeout before
-disconnecting if no successful authentication has been made) is 5
-minutes.
-
-The following authentication methods are currently supported:
-.TS
-center;
-l r l.
-SSH_AUTH_RHOSTS 1 .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv
-SSH_AUTH_RSA 2 pure RSA authentication
-SSH_AUTH_PASSWORD 3 password authentication
-SSH_AUTH_RHOSTS_RSA 4 .rhosts with RSA host authentication
-.TE
-.IP SSH_AUTH_RHOSTS
-
-This is the authentication method used by rlogin and rsh [RFC1282].
-
-The client sends SSH_CMSG_AUTH_RHOSTS with the client-side user name
-as an argument.
-
-The server checks whether to permit authentication. On UNIX systems,
-this is usually done by checking /etc/hosts.equiv, and .rhosts in the
-user's home directory. The connection must come from a privileged
-port.
-
-It is recommended that the server checks that there are no IP options
-(such as source routing) specified for the socket before accepting
-this type of authentication. The client host name should be
-reverse-mapped and then forward mapped to ensure that it has the
-proper IP-address.
-
-This authentication method trusts the remote host (root on the remote
-host can pretend to be any other user on that host), the name
-services, and partially the network: anyone who can see packets coming
-out from the server machine can do IP-spoofing and pretend to be any
-machine; however, the protocol prevents blind IP-spoofing (which used
-to be possible with rlogin).
-
-Many sites probably want to disable this authentication method because
-of the fundamental insecurity of conventional .rhosts or
-/etc/hosts.equiv authentication when faced with spoofing. It is
-recommended that this method not be supported by the server by
-default.
-.IP SSH_AUTH_RHOSTS_RSA
-
-In addition to conventional .rhosts and hosts.equiv authentication,
-this method additionally requires that the client host be
-authenticated using RSA.
-
-The client sends SSH_CMSG_AUTH_RHOSTS_RSA specifying the client-side
-user name, and the public host key of the client host.
-
-The server first checks if normal .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv
-authentication would be accepted, and if not, responds with
-SSH_SMSG_FAILURE. Otherwise, it checks whether it knows the host key
-for the client machine (using the same name for the host that was used
-for checking the .rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv files). If it does not
-know the RSA key for the client, access is denied and SSH_SMSG_FAILURE
-is sent.
-
-If the server knows the host key of the client machine, it verifies
-that the given host key matches that known for the client. If not,
-access is denied and SSH_SMSG_FAILURE is sent.
-
-The server then sends a SSH_SMSG_AUTH_RSA_CHALLENGE message containing
-an encrypted challenge for the client. The challenge is 32 8-bit
-random bytes (256 bits). When encrypted, the highest (partial) byte
-is left as zero, the next byte contains the value 2, the following are
-non-zero random bytes, followed by a zero byte, and the challenge put
-in the remaining bytes. This is then encrypted using RSA with the
-client host's public key. (The padding and encryption algorithm is
-the same as that used for the session key.)
-
-The client decrypts the challenge using its private host key,
-concatenates this with the session id, and computes an MD5 checksum
-of the resulting 48 bytes. The MD5 output is returned as 16 bytes in
-a SSH_CMSG_AUTH_RSA_RESPONSE message. (MD5 is used to deter chosen
-plaintext attacks against RSA; the session id binds it to a specific
-session).
-
-The server verifies that the MD5 of the decrypted challenge returned by
-the client matches that of the original value, and sends SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS if
-so. Otherwise it sends SSH_SMSG_FAILURE and refuses the
-authentication attempt.
-
-This authentication method trusts the client side machine in that root
-on that machine can pretend to be any user on that machine.
-Additionally, it trusts the client host key. The name and/or IP
-address of the client host is only used to select the public host key.
-The same host name is used when scanning .rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv
-and when selecting the host key. It would in principle be possible to
-eliminate the host name entirely and substitute it directly by the
-host key. IP and/or DNS [RFC1034] spoofing can only be used
-to pretend to be a host for which the attacker has the private host
-key.
-.IP SSH_AUTH_RSA
-
-The idea behind RSA authentication is that the server recognizes the
-public key offered by the client, generates a random challenge, and
-encrypts the challenge with the public key. The client must then
-prove that it has the corresponding private key by decrypting the
-challenge.
-
-The client sends SSH_CMSG_AUTH_RSA with public key modulus (n) as an
-argument.
-
-The server may respond immediately with SSH_SMSG_FAILURE if it does
-not permit authentication with this key. Otherwise it generates a
-challenge, encrypts it using the user's public key (stored on the
-server and identified using the modulus), and sends
-SSH_SMSG_AUTH_RSA_CHALLENGE with the challenge (mp-int) as an
-argument.
-
-The challenge is 32 8-bit random bytes (256 bits). When encrypted,
-the highest (partial) byte is left as zero, the next byte contains the
-value 2, the following are non-zero random bytes, followed by a zero
-byte, and the challenge put in the remaining bytes. This is then
-encrypted with the public key. (The padding and encryption algorithm
-is the same as that used for the session key.)
-
-The client decrypts the challenge using its private key, concatenates
-it with the session id, and computes an MD5 checksum of the resulting
-48 bytes. The MD5 output is returned as 16 bytes in a
-SSH_CMSG_AUTH_RSA_RESPONSE message. (Note that the MD5 is necessary
-to avoid chosen plaintext attacks against RSA; the session id binds it
-to a specific session.)
-
-The server verifies that the MD5 of the decrypted challenge returned
-by the client matches that of the original value, and sends
-SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS if so. Otherwise it sends SSH_SMSG_FAILURE and
-refuses the authentication attempt.
-
-This authentication method does not trust the remote host, the
-network, name services, or anything else. Authentication is based
-solely on the possession of the private identification keys. Anyone
-in possession of the private keys can log in, but nobody else.
-
-The server may have additional requirements for a successful
-authentiation. For example, to limit damage due to a compromised RSA
-key, a server might restrict access to a limited set of hosts.
-.IP SSH_AUTH_PASSWORD
-
-The client sends a SSH_CMSG_AUTH_PASSWORD message with the plain text
-password. (Note that even though the password is plain text inside
-the message, it is normally encrypted by the packet mechanism.)
-
-The server verifies the password, and sends SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS if
-authentication was accepted and SSH_SMSG_FAILURE otherwise.
-
-Note that the password is read from the user by the client; the user
-never interacts with a login program.
-
-This authentication method does not trust the remote host, the
-network, name services or anything else. Authentication is based
-solely on the possession of the password. Anyone in possession of the
-password can log in, but nobody else.
-.RT
-
-.ti 0
-Preparatory Operations
-
-After successful authentication, the server waits for a request from
-the client, processes the request, and responds with SSH_SMSG_SUCCESS
-whenever a request has been successfully processed. If it receives a
-message that it does not recognize or it fails to honor a request, it
-returns SSH_SMSG_FAILURE. It is expected that new message types might
-be added to this phase in future.
-
-The following messages are currently defined for this phase.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_REQUEST_COMPRESSION
-Requests that compression be enabled for this session. A
-gzip-compatible compression level (1-9) is passed as an argument.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_REQUEST_PTY
-Requests that a pseudo terminal device be allocated for this session.
-The user terminal type and terminal modes are supplied as arguments.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_X11_REQUEST_FORWARDING
-Requests forwarding of X11 connections from the remote machine to the
-local machine over the secure channel. Causes an internet-domain
-socket to be allocated and the DISPLAY variable to be set on the server.
-X11 authentication data is automatically passed to the server, and the
-client may implement spoofing of authentication data for added
-security. The authentication data is passed as arguments.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_PORT_FORWARD_REQUEST
-Requests forwarding of a TCP/IP port on the server host over the
-secure channel. What happens is that whenever a connection is made to
-the port on the server, a connection will be made from the client end
-to the specified host/port. Any user can forward unprivileged ports;
-only the root can forward privileged ports (as determined by
-authentication done earlier).
-.IP SSH_CMSG_AGENT_REQUEST_FORWARDING
-Requests forwarding of the connection to the authentication agent.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_EXEC_SHELL
-Starts a shell (command interpreter) for the user, and moves into
-interactive session mode.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_EXEC_CMD
-Executes the given command (actually "<shell> -c <command>" or
-equivalent) for the user, and moves into interactive session mode.
-.RT
-
-
-.ti 0
-Interactive Session and Exchange of Data
-
-During the interactive session, any data written by the shell or
-command running on the server machine is forwarded to stdin or
-stderr on the client machine, and any input available from stdin on
-the client machine is forwarded to the program on the server machine.
-
-All exchange is asynchronous; either side can send at any time, and
-there are no acknowledgements (TCP/IP already provides reliable
-transport, and the packet protocol protects against tampering or IP
-spoofing).
-
-When the client receives EOF from its standard input, it will send
-SSH_CMSG_EOF; however, this in no way terminates the exchange. The
-exchange terminates and interactive mode is left when the server sends
-SSH_SMSG_EXITSTATUS to indicate that the client program has
-terminated. Alternatively, either side may disconnect at any time by
-sending SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT or closing the connection.
-
-The server may send any of the following messages:
-.IP SSH_SMSG_STDOUT_DATA
-Data written to stdout by the program running on the server. The data
-is passed as a string argument. The client writes this data to
-stdout.
-.IP SSH_SMSG_STDERR_DATA
-Data written to stderr by the program running on the server. The data
-is passed as a string argument. The client writes this data to
-stderr. (Note that if the program is running on a tty, it is not
-possible to separate stdout and stderr data, and all data will be sent
-as stdout data.)
-.IP SSH_SMSG_EXITSTATUS
-Indicates that the shell or command has exited. Exit status is passed
-as an integer argument. This message causes termination of the
-interactive session.
-.IP SSH_SMSG_AGENT_OPEN
-Indicates that someone on the server side is requesting a connection
-to the authentication agent. The server-side channel number is passed
-as an argument. The client must respond with either
-SSH_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION or SSH_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE.
-.IP SSH_SMSG_X11_OPEN
-Indicates that a connection has been made to the X11 socket on the
-server side and should be forwarded to the real X server. An integer
-argument indicates the channel number allocated for this connection on
-the server side. The client should send back either
-SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION or SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE with
-the same server side channel number.
-.IP SSH_MSG_PORT_OPEN
-Indicates that a connection has been made to a port on the server side
-for which forwarding has been requested. Arguments are server side
-channel number, host name to connect to, and port to connect to. The
-client should send back either
-SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION or SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE with
-the same server side channel number.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION
-This is sent by the server to indicate that it has opened a connection
-as requested in a previous message. The first argument indicates the
-client side channel number, and the second argument is the channel number
-that the server has allocated for this connection.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE
-This is sent by the server to indicate that it failed to open a
-connection as requested in a previous message. The client-side
-channel number is passed as an argument. The client will close the
-descriptor associated with the channel and free the channel.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA
-This packet contains data for a channel from the server. The first
-argument is the client-side channel number, and the second argument (a
-string) is the data.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE
-This is sent by the server to indicate that whoever was in the other
-end of the channel has closed it. The argument is the client side channel
-number. The client will let all buffered data in the channel to
-drain, and when ready, will close the socket, free the channel, and
-send the server a SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE_CONFIRMATION message for the
-channel.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE_CONFIRMATION
-This is send by the server to indicate that a channel previously
-closed by the client has now been closed on the server side as well.
-The argument indicates the client channel number. The client frees
-the channel.
-.RT
-
-The client may send any of the following messages:
-.IP SSH_CMSG_STDIN_DATA
-This is data to be sent as input to the program running on the server.
-The data is passed as a string.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_EOF
-Indicates that the client has encountered EOF while reading standard
-input. The server will allow any buffered input data to drain, and
-will then close the input to the program.
-.IP SSH_CMSG_WINDOW_SIZE
-Indicates that window size on the client has been changed. The server
-updates the window size of the tty and causes SIGWINCH to be sent to
-the program. The new window size is passed as four integer arguments:
-row, col, xpixel, ypixel.
-.IP SSH_MSG_PORT_OPEN
-Indicates that a connection has been made to a port on the client side
-for which forwarding has been requested. Arguments are client side
-channel number, host name to connect to, and port to connect to. The
-server should send back either SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION or
-SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE with the same client side channel number.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_CONFIRMATION
-This is sent by the client to indicate that it has opened a connection
-as requested in a previous message. The first argument indicates the
-server side channel number, and the second argument is the channel
-number that the client has allocated for this connection.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_OPEN_FAILURE
-This is sent by the client to indicate that it failed to open a
-connection as requested in a previous message. The server side
-channel number is passed as an argument. The server will close the
-descriptor associated with the channel and free the channel.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA
-This packet contains data for a channel from the client. The first
-argument is the server side channel number, and the second argument (a
-string) is the data.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE
-This is sent by the client to indicate that whoever was in the other
-end of the channel has closed it. The argument is the server channel
-number. The server will allow buffered data to drain, and when ready,
-will close the socket, free the channel, and send the client a
-SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE_CONFIRMATION message for the channel.
-.IP SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE_CONFIRMATION
-This is send by the client to indicate that a channel previously
-closed by the server has now been closed on the client side as well.
-The argument indicates the server channel number. The server frees
-the channel.
-.RT
-
-Any unsupported messages during interactive mode cause the connection
-to be terminated with SSH_MSG_DISCONNECT and an error message.
-Compatible protocol upgrades should agree about any extensions during
-the preparation phase or earlier.
-
-
-.ti 0
-Termination of the Connection
-
-Normal termination of the connection is always initiated by the server
-by sending SSH_SMSG_EXITSTATUS after the program has exited. The
-client responds to this message by sending SSH_CMSG_EXIT_CONFIRMATION
-and closes the socket; the server then closes the socket. There are
-two purposes for the confirmation: some systems may lose previously
-sent data when the socket is closed, and closing the client side first
-causes any TCP/IP TIME_WAIT [RFC0793] waits to occur on the client side, not
-consuming server r