moduli(5) changes

Damien Miller djm at mindrot.org
Tue Feb 8 08:06:21 EST 2005


Simon Burge wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> This applies to src/share/man/man5/moduli.5 in the OpenBSD source
> tree, and doesn't seem to apply to the portable OpenSSH, so I've
> sent this change here instead of via Bugzilla.
> 
> The wording of moduli(5) implies that sshd puts more thought about which
> modulus it selects than it really does.  The following patch corrects
> this.
> 
> Simon.
> --
> Simon Burge                                   <simonb at wasabisystems.com>
> NetBSD Development, Support and Service:   http://www.wasabisystems.com/
> 
> Index: moduli.5
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/src/crypto/dist/ssh/moduli.5,v
> retrieving revision 1.8
> retrieving revision 1.9
> diff -d -p -u -r1.8 -r1.9
> --- moduli.5	4 Jul 2003 21:56:48 -0000	1.8
> +++ moduli.5	7 Feb 2005 12:26:56 -0000	1.9
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros
>  .\"
> -.Dd July 28, 1997
> +.Dd February 7, 2005
>  .Dt MODULI 5
>  .Os
>  .Sh NAME
> @@ -140,11 +140,16 @@ Specifies the best generator for a Diffi
>  .Fa Modulus : hex string .
>  The prime modulus.
>  .Pp
> -The file is searched for moduli that meet the appropriate
> +The file should be searched for moduli that meet the appropriate

I don't know whether that is much better. The time column at least is
purely informational. Maybe it should just say the it is checked
for size.

-d




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