This is in regards to openssh ver. OpenSSH_2.1.1. Please
excuse the post if it has been fixed in CVS. 

This is more of a bug report than a request for help, but
I thought that I would send it to this list and let a developer
forward it to the devel list if appropriate.

The ssh manpage lists the format of the authorized_keys(RSA) file as
something like:

<options> <bits> <exponents> <modulus> <comments>

The man page is ambiguous in regards to the format of the
authorized_keys2 file format. At first reading, one would think
that the two file formats are the same. In looking at generated DSA
keys, I think the format is more like this:

<options> <cert. type> <DSA bytes> <comments>

I am not a crypto-anlayst so perhaps the field labels of <cert. type>
and <DSA bytes> are not quite correct. The point is that the man
page does not clearly state that the format of authorized_keys and
authorized_keys2 are different and does not correctly specify the
format of authorized_keys2.


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