Tim Rice via openssh-unix-dev: > A possible confusion is that there are two ways the term passphrase can be used when it comes to OpenSSH: Not by the OpenSSH man pages: > * Passphrase authentication, where you log into a machine and the sshd on the other end challenges you to enter a passphrase, usually matching your remote account's password. The OpenSSH man pages do not use "passphrase" in this way. The OpenSSH term is "password". > * Encrypting your private key with a passphrase, which is what happens when you enter a passphrase while using ssh-keygen or ssh-add. Only that is a "passphrase" in OpenSSH parlance. The OpenSSH documentation strives to avoid ambiguous terminology. When support for U2F/FIDO "security keys" was added, we eventually settled on the term "authenticator" instead, because "keys" are something else (and so are "tokens"). -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
