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Host key update mechanism for SSH
draft-miller-sshm-hostkey-update-02

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (sshm WG)
Expired & archived
Author Damien Miller
Last updated 2026-04-06 (Latest revision 2025-08-28)
Replaced by draft-ietf-sshm-hostkey-update
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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IESG IESG state Replaced by draft-ietf-sshm-hostkey-update
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This Internet-Draft is no longer active. A copy of the expired Internet-Draft is available in these formats:

Abstract

This document describes an extension to allow a Secure Shell (SSH) server to inform a client of the full set of host keys it supports. This may be used for graceful host key rotation and to provide keys for additional signature algorithms to the client, supporting algorithm agility.

Authors

Damien Miller

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