[openssh-commits] [openssh] 01/05: upstream: document "-O no-restrict-websafe"; spotted by Ross L

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commit 9fd2441113fce2a83fc7470968c3b27809cc7f10
Author: djm at openbsd.org <djm at openbsd.org>
Date:   Fri Oct 7 04:06:26 2022 +0000

    upstream: document "-O no-restrict-websafe"; spotted by Ross L
    
    Richardson
    
    OpenBSD-Commit-ID: fe9eaa50237693a14ebe5b5614bf32a02145fe8b
---
 ssh-agent.1 | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ssh-agent.1 b/ssh-agent.1
index ea43cd15..9c5aec70 100644
--- a/ssh-agent.1
+++ b/ssh-agent.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.73 2022/03/31 17:27:27 naddy Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-agent.1,v 1.74 2022/10/07 04:06:26 djm Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 .\" (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: March 31 2022 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 7 2022 $
 .Dt SSH-AGENT 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@
 .Op Fl \&Dd
 .Op Fl a Ar bind_address
 .Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
+.Op Fl O Ar option
 .Op Fl P Ar allowed_providers
 .Op Fl t Ar life
 .Nm ssh-agent
 .Op Fl a Ar bind_address
 .Op Fl E Ar fingerprint_hash
+.Op Fl O Ar option
 .Op Fl P Ar allowed_providers
 .Op Fl t Ar life
 .Ar command Op Ar arg ...
@@ -102,6 +104,27 @@ The default is
 Kill the current agent (given by the
 .Ev SSH_AGENT_PID
 environment variable).
+.It Fl O Ar option
+Specify an option when starting
+.Xr ssh-agent 1 .
+Currently only one option is supported:
+.Cm no-restrict-websafe .
+This instructs
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+to permit signatures using FIDO keys that might be web authentication
+requests.
+By default,
+.Xr ssh-agent 1
+refuses signature requests for FIDO keys where the key application string
+does not start with
+.Dq ssh:
+and when the data to be signed does not appear to be a
+.Xr ssh 1
+user authentication request or a
+.Xr ssh-keygen 1
+signature.
+The default behaviour prevents forwarded access to a FIDO key from also
+implicitly forwarding the ability to authenticate to websites.
 .It Fl P Ar allowed_providers
 Specify a pattern-list of acceptable paths for PKCS#11 provider and FIDO
 authenticator middleware shared libraries that may be used with the

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