From fafad1b8f6b76abad80b8a290a39590896f9ac2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:35:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: relevance of 'Host keys' panel to SSH-1. The documentation claimed that it was entirely for SSH-2, but the manually-configured host keys part is still useful with SSH-1. --- doc/config.but | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index cd210ae5..b1dc8dd6 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -2455,7 +2455,7 @@ protection than SSH-2 without rekeys. \H{config-ssh-hostkey} The Host Keys panel -The Host Keys panel allows you to configure options related to SSH-2 +The Host Keys panel allows you to configure options related to \i{host key management}. Host keys are used to prove the server's identity, and assure you that @@ -2463,8 +2463,8 @@ the server is not being spoofed (either by a man-in-the-middle attack or by completely replacing it on the network). See \k{gs-hostkey} for a basic introduction to host keys. -This entire panel is only relevant to SSH protocol version 2; none of -these settings affect SSH-1 at all. +Much of this panel is only relevant to SSH protocol version 2; SSH-1 +only supports one type of host key. \S{config-ssh-hostkey-order} \ii{Host key type} selection @@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ to that for cipher selection (see \k{config-ssh-encryption}). \S{config-ssh-prefer-known-hostkeys} Preferring known host keys -By default, PuTTY will adjust the preference order for host key +By default, PuTTY will adjust the preference order for SSH-2 host key algorithms so that any host keys it already knows are moved to the top of the list.