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@@ -31,7 +31,14 @@ The method is documented in:
http://www.openssh.com/txt/draft-miller-secsh-compression-delayed-00.txt
-3. connection: Channel write close extension "eow@openssh.com"
+3. transport: New public key algorithms "ssh-rsa-cert-v00@openssh.com" and
+ "ssh-dsa-cert-v00@openssh.com"
+
+OpenSSH introduces two new public key algorithms to support certificate
+authentication for users and hostkeys. These methods are documented in
+the file PROTOCOL.certkeys
+
+4. connection: Channel write close extension "eow@openssh.com"
The SSH connection protocol (rfc4254) provides the SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_EOF
message to allow an endpoint to signal its peer that it will send no
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ message is only sent to OpenSSH peers (identified by banner).
Other SSH implementations may be whitelisted to receive this message
upon request.
-4. connection: disallow additional sessions extension
+5. connection: disallow additional sessions extension
"no-more-sessions@openssh.com"
Most SSH connections will only ever request a single session, but a
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@ of this message, the no-more-sessions request is only sent to OpenSSH
servers (identified by banner). Other SSH implementations may be
whitelisted to receive this message upon request.
-5. connection: Tunnel forward extension "tun@openssh.com"
+6. connection: Tunnel forward extension "tun@openssh.com"
OpenSSH supports layer 2 and layer 3 tunnelling via the "tun@openssh.com"
channel type. This channel type supports forwarding of network packets
@@ -159,7 +166,7 @@ The contents of the "data" field for layer 2 packets is:
The "frame" field contains an IEEE 802.3 Ethernet frame, including
header.
-6. sftp: Reversal of arguments to SSH_FXP_SYMLINK
+7. sftp: Reversal of arguments to SSH_FXP_SYMLINK
When OpenSSH's sftp-server was implemented, the order of the arguments
to the SSH_FXP_SYMLINK method was inadvertently reversed. Unfortunately,
@@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ SSH_FXP_SYMLINK as follows:
string targetpath
string linkpath
-7. sftp: Server extension announcement in SSH_FXP_VERSION
+8. sftp: Server extension announcement in SSH_FXP_VERSION
OpenSSH's sftp-server lists the extensions it supports using the
standard extension announcement mechanism in the SSH_FXP_VERSION server
@@ -193,7 +200,7 @@ ever changed in an incompatible way. The server MAY advertise the same
extension with multiple versions (though this is unlikely). Clients MUST
check the version number before attempting to use the extension.
-8. sftp: Extension request "posix-rename@openssh.com"
+9. sftp: Extension request "posix-rename@openssh.com"
This operation provides a rename operation with POSIX semantics, which
are different to those provided by the standard SSH_FXP_RENAME in
@@ -210,7 +217,7 @@ rename(oldpath, newpath) and will respond with a SSH_FXP_STATUS message.
This extension is advertised in the SSH_FXP_VERSION hello with version
"1".
-9. sftp: Extension requests "statvfs@openssh.com" and
+10. sftp: Extension requests "statvfs@openssh.com" and
"fstatvfs@openssh.com"
These requests correspond to the statvfs and fstatvfs POSIX system
@@ -251,4 +258,4 @@ The values of the f_flag bitmask are as follows:
Both the "statvfs@openssh.com" and "fstatvfs@openssh.com" extensions are
advertised in the SSH_FXP_VERSION hello with version "2".
-$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL,v 1.14 2010/01/09 00:57:10 djm Exp $
+$OpenBSD: PROTOCOL,v 1.15 2010/02/26 20:29:54 djm Exp $