ssh: add information on hostname canonicalization patch

We introduced hostname canonicalization in 2002, while upstream OpenSSH
added similar support in 2014.

It would be good to review our handling of CNAMEs in hostname
canonicalization.

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
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Ed Maste 2023-02-07 15:09:30 -05:00
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reading options but before trying to connect. This eliminates the
usual problem with duplicate known_hosts entries.
We added this support in 2002 (r99054 / bf2e2524a2ce). In 2014
upstream introduced CanonicalDomains and related options to serve a
similar purpose but they require environment-specific configuration.
4) setusercontext() environment
Our setusercontext(3) can set environment variables, which we must