[openssh-commits] [openssh] 14/17: upstream: document destination-constrained keys

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commit 34b1e9cc7654f41cd4c5b1cc290b999dcf6579bb
Author: djm at openbsd.org <djm at openbsd.org>
Date:   Sun Dec 19 22:14:12 2021 +0000

    upstream: document destination-constrained keys
    
    feedback / ok markus@
    
    OpenBSD-Commit-ID: cd8c526c77268f6d91c06adbee66b014d22d672e
---
 ssh-add.1 | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ssh-add.1 b/ssh-add.1
index 2786df51..83a6b9a3 100644
--- a/ssh-add.1
+++ b/ssh-add.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.81 2020/07/14 23:57:01 djm Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-add.1,v 1.82 2021/12/19 22:14:12 djm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 14 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 19 2021 $
 .Dt SSH-ADD 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 .Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
 .Op Fl S Ar provider
 .Op Fl t Ar life
+.Op Fl H Ar hostkey_file
+.Op Fl h Ar destination_constraint
 .Op Ar
 .Nm ssh-add
 .Fl s Ar pkcs11
@@ -129,6 +131,84 @@ The default is
 .It Fl e Ar pkcs11
 Remove keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared library
 .Ar pkcs11 .
+.It Fl H Ar hostkey_file
+Specifies a known hosts file to lookup hostkeys when using destination-
+constained keys via the
+.Fl h
+flag.
+This option may be specified multiple times to allow multiple files to be
+searched.
+If no files are specified,
+.Nm
+will use the default
+.Xr ssh_config 5
+known hosts files:
+.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts ,
+.Pa ~/.ssh/known_hosts2 ,
+.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts ,
+and
+.Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2 .
+.It Fl h Ar destination_constraint
+When adding keys, constrain them to be usable only through specific hosts or to
+specific destinations.
+.Pp
+Destination constraints of the form
+.Sq [user@]dest-hostname
+permit use of the key only from the origin host (the one running
+.Xr ssh-agent 1 )
+to the listed destination host, with optional user name.
+.Pp
+Constraints of the form
+.Sq src-hostname>[user@]dst-hostname
+allow a key available on a forwarded
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+to be used through a particular host (as specified by
+.Sq src-hostname )
+to authenticate to a further host,
+specified by
+.Sq dst-hostname .
+.Pp
+Multiple destination constraints may be added when loading keys.
+When attempting authentication with a key that has destination constraints,
+the whole connection path, including
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+forwarding, is tested against those constraints and each
+hop must be permitted for the attempt to succeed.
+For example, if key is forwarded to a remote host,
+.Sq host-b ,
+and is attempting authentication to another host,
+.Sq host-c ,
+then the operation will be successful only if
+.Sq host-b
+was permitted from the origin host and the subsequent
+.Sq host-b>host-c
+hop is also permitted by destination constraints.
+.Pp
+Hosts are identified by their host keys, and are looked up from known hosts
+files by
+.Nm .
+Wildcards patterns may be used for hostnames and certificate host
+keys are supported.
+By default, keys added by
+.Nm
+are not destination constrained.
+.Pp
+Destination constraints were added in OpenSSH release 8.9.
+Support in both the remote SSH client and server is required when using
+destination-constrained keys over a forwarded
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+channel.
+.Pp
+It is also important to note that destination constraints can only be
+enforced by
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+when a key is used, or when it is forwarded by a
+.Sy cooperating
+.Xr ssh 1 .
+Specifically, it does not prevent an attacker with access to a remote
+.Ev SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+from forwarding it again and using it on a different host (but only to
+a permitted destination).
 .It Fl K
 Load resident keys from a FIDO authenticator.
 .It Fl k

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