X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fpageant.but;h=f25119dd1ead10691c1583db1efe877f58c7c2e0;hb=145ecf611238c4f1e39d89d3eee40319a2c54fe8;hp=8e7c5a7a0c2145170f723eeab8ca177ced17cb73;hpb=009ab4a20cfd685ff20b8f922068ffa6900b92c7;p=PuTTY.git diff --git a/doc/pageant.but b/doc/pageant.but index 8e7c5a7a..f25119dd 100644 --- a/doc/pageant.but +++ b/doc/pageant.but @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ The large list box in the Pageant main window lists the private keys that are currently loaded into Pageant. The list might look something like this: -\c ssh1 1024 22:c3:68:3b:09:41:36:c3:39:83:91:ae:71:b2:0f:04 k1 -\c ssh-rsa 1023 74:63:08:82:95:75:e1:7c:33:31:bb:cb:00:c0:89:8b k2 +\c ssh-rsa 2048 22:d6:69:c9:22:51:ac:cb:b9:15:67:47:f7:65:6d:d7 k1 +\c ssh-dss 2048 e4:6c:69:f3:4f:fc:cf:fc:96:c0:88:34:a7:1e:59:d7 k2 For each key, the list box will tell you: @@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ as long as they want. However, the sysadmin of the server machine can always pretend to be you \e{on that machine}. So if you forward your agent to a server machine, then the sysadmin of that machine can access the forwarded -agent connection and request signatures from your private keys, and -can therefore log in to other machines as you. They can only do this -to a limited extent - when the agent forwarding disappears they lose -the ability - but using Pageant doesn't actually \e{prevent} the +agent connection and request signatures from any of your private keys, +and can therefore log in to other machines as you. They can only do +this to a limited extent - when the agent forwarding disappears they +lose the ability - but using Pageant doesn't actually \e{prevent} the sysadmin (or hackers) on the server from doing this. Therefore, if you don't trust the sysadmin of a server machine, you