.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.250 2017/05/30 19:38:17 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 30 2017 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.251 2017/06/24 05:35:05 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 24 2017 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.It Cm HostKeyAlias
Specifies an alias that should be used instead of the
real host name when looking up or saving the host key
-in the host key database files.
+in the host key database files and when validating host certificates.
This option is useful for tunneling SSH connections
or for multiple servers running on a single host.
.It Cm HostName
-/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.280 2017/05/30 14:13:40 markus Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sshconnect.c,v 1.281 2017/06/24 05:35:05 djm Exp $ */
/*
* Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
* Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
host, type, want_cert ? "certificate" : "key");
debug("Found %s in %s:%lu", want_cert ? "CA key" : "key",
host_found->file, host_found->line);
- if (want_cert && !check_host_cert(hostname, host_key))
+ if (want_cert &&
+ !check_host_cert(options.host_key_alias == NULL ?
+ hostname : options.host_key_alias, host_key))
goto fail;
if (options.check_host_ip && ip_status == HOST_NEW) {
if (readonly || want_cert)
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.289 2017/05/07 23:12:57 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 7 2017 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd.8,v 1.290 2017/06/24 05:35:05 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 24 2017 $
.Dt SSHD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
and
.Ql \&?
act as
-wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the canonical host
-name (when authenticating a client) or against the user-supplied
-name (when authenticating a server).
+wildcards); each pattern in turn is matched against the host name.
+When
+.Nm sshd
+is authenticating a client, such as when using
+.Cm HostbasedAuthentication ,
+this will be the canonical client host name.
+When
+.Xr ssh 1
+is authenticating a server, this will be the either the host name
+given by the user, the value of the
+.Xr ssh 1
+.Cm HostkeyAlias
+if it was specified, or the canonical server hostname if the
+.Xr ssh 1
+.Cm CanonicalizeHostname
+option was used.
+.Pp
A pattern may also be preceded by
.Ql \&!
to indicate negation: if the host name matches a negated