bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org
2024-Jun-13  07:19 UTC
[Bug 3701] New: KexAlgorithms documentation is unclear as to default vs. supported distinction
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3701
            Bug ID: 3701
           Summary: KexAlgorithms documentation is unclear as to default
                    vs. supported distinction
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 9.7p1
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P5
         Component: Documentation
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
          Reporter: cjwatson at debian.org
Created attachment 3818
  --> https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=3818&action=edit
Clarify KexAlgorithms documentation
In https://bugs.debian.org/1073065, I had a user confused about the
meaning of the KexAlgorithms documentation.  I think this is because it
uses "available" in two different senses (the list that a client makes
available to the server, and the list that's available for
configuration in the client), and because of a confusing use of the
word "also" that suggests that the list shown by "ssh -Q
kex" is the
same as the default proposal when it isn't.
The attached patch should help.
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bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org
2024-Jun-14  05:08 UTC
[Bug 3701] KexAlgorithms documentation is unclear as to default vs. supported distinction
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3701
Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:
           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
             Blocks|                            |3674
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> ---
Thanks, I've gone with a slightly different wording in
https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/commit/?id=dd7807bbe80a93ffb4616f2bd5cf83ad5a5595fb
Referenced Bugs:
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3674
[Bug 3674] Tracking bug for OpenSSH 9.8
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Apparently Analagous Threads
- Patch: Ciphers, MACs and KexAlgorithms on Match
- [Bug 2333] New: forbid old Ciphers, KexAlgorithms and MACs by default
- [Bug 3780] New: connecting using KexAlgorithms list fails without spaces
- [Bug 3184] New: Unable to add deprecated KexAlgorithms back for host via config file
- enable strong KexAlgorithms, Ciphers and MACs in /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on RHEL 8.x Linux OS