I see that the hostname canonicalization configuration options is still rather limited. As that works on DNS level they are of not use if one has to use ProxyCommand to connect over a proxy connection or through a common gateway name where one uses different port numbers to connect to different intranet names. What would be ideal is to extend the ProxyCommand to both return the resolved universal name for the given short name and to connect to that universal name. For example, the proxy can first print the resolved name on its stdout before proceeding with other data. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev