Questions tagged [openssh]
A free and open implementation of the SSH communication security tools.
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Could a running SSH server somehow fool connected SSH client to create a reverse port forward?
Let's be extra paranoid and assume that the SSH server my client is connected to, was "enhanced" so that every SSH client that establishes an connection with it, will be tricked into thinking that it ...
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What's the easiest way to benchmark the decryption of my “new format” openssh private key?
Ssh-keygen now supports a new key encryption format with -o, and configurable rounds of key stretching with -a. So I want to pick a -a that takes a chosen amount of time on my system.
But I don't ...
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Checking if an RSA private key is passphrase protected
I have generated an RSA key-pair on a computer, and I want to check if the RSA private key is encrypted (protected) with a passphrase.
Note that the problem is not that I forgot the passphrase, but ...
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From FTP to SSH
Currently, I am doing a penetration testing laboratory with a server with the following services:
Nmap scan report for 10.0.11.125
Host is up (1.3s latency).
Not shown: 998 closed ports
PORT STATE ...
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Are mkpasswd SHA512 hashes secure for the public?
I am no crypto expert in any way so please bear with me if my question is kind of stupid.
We use OpenSSH key pairs on a regular basis and due to the asymmetric nature of key pairs, as far as I ...
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For CA-signed ssh keys, how to see various attributes: principals, identity, serial number, options, validity time, etc
I am looking to implement access controls through CA-signed public ssh keys, as described in the article Scalable and secure access with SSH.
I am trying to conceive how our security team will manage ...
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OpenSSH-server: Are there any security implications and/or value of/for 'TCPKeepAlive yes'
I have read a degree of mixed reports on the security implications and/or value of allowing TCPKeepAlive yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (for OpenSSH-server). Anything definitive on the security best ...
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Does OpenSSH use padding of random lengths?
According to the end of RFC 4253 § 6, the random padding introduced to each SSH packet is an arbitrary multiple of 8. It mentions that random padding lengths can mitigate traffic analysis:
Note ...
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Any Alternative to Ngrok for constant Connection? [closed]
Im trying to build RAT to test on my computer. I use ngrok for hacking on WAN. But ngrok has a problem of changing its subdomain once the connection is reset. So, I cant use ngrok for hacking over WAN....
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Concept using ssh to create dynamic firewall. Good or Bad idea?
The Goal
Create a secure process to open a firewall port on a server (on demand), start a listening server, and ultimately close the firewall port. This would improve security by not always having a ...
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What is the most private option for 2FA with OpenSSH?
When I watch the logs on my server there are always many hundred IP addresses with failed ssh logins.
Because fail2ban only slows the attack process down, I decided that I need another solution. ...
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Why does the openssh-server not use GCM by default?
Well the question is as simple as that . Because I recently noticed that the openssh-server uses AES-CTR for the symmetric encryption and I wondered why ?
From what I heared AES-CTR is a block cipher ...
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What is the general approach to create FIPS compliant SSH?
Please bear in mind that I have no cyber-security background at all, but have been tasked by my company with making certain applications on our platform FIPS-compliant.
From what I've discussed with ...
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Is there a list of weak SSH ciphers?
Is there a site, which provides a list of weak cipher suites for (Open-)SSH? I know for example that arcfour is not recommended, but there is a whole list of other cipher suites offered, where I am ...
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what are the disadvantages of running SSH daemon without root?
Is there any risk in running ssh daemon with no root privilege using this method: how-can-i-make-this-daemon-init-run-as-a-non-root-user?
Debian Developer's Best Practices for OS Security says the ...
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SSH Proxy vs VPN Killswitch
This might be complete nonsense but I've heard people talking about so I'm interested to see if it's valid: I've heard people saying that SOCKS and SSH are more secure/private than a VPN because they ...
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SSH and man-in-the-middle
Assume the following scenario and please correct me if I am wrong somewhere:
There is a client and there is an SSH server that the client connects to. There is also a man-in-the-middle (MIM) which is ...
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Why are SSH host keys stored un-encrypted?
Do we have any standard way to encrypt SSH host keys (like /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key)? If not, why is it stored in plaintext? Isn't it sensitive information?
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Limit on modulus lines in OpenSSH /etc/ssh/moduli file?
I understand that OpenSSH server looks in /etc/ssh/moduli and picks a modulus at random for each Diffie-Hellman group exchange. What I am wondering is whether there is a practical limit on how many ...
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Negative consequences of forced encryption of unencrypted secvices
Are there any negative consequences to encrypting an unencrypted service/protocol like FTP, VNC, telnet, and so on by using forced encryption like ssh tunneling or OpenVPN tunnels?
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How to prevent sharing SSH private keys by email
Is it possible to prevent the sharing of SSH private keys over email (Outlook, in particular), both within and outside of the organisation?
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Security benefit of hardware backed host keys for OpenSSH
There was recently a "two for the price of one" deal on the Yubikey 4 and now I have too many of them.
This got me thinking about things to do with them, more or less useful. Of course I already use ...
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Are the keys generated by ssh-keygen only used in authentication?
After reading SSH Passwordless Login Using SSH Keygen in 5 Easy Steps, I come across the question: Are the keys generated by ssh-keygen only used in login authentication? I mean if I want to modify ...
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tools for testing ssh packets size [closed]
I need to test maximum-packet-size for SSH protocol. Would be grateful for information on possible tools that can be used for this. What I specifically need is the possibility to indicate packet ...
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Copy SSH Public Key from Windows to Ubuntu
I am trying to get my ssh public key from my windows client to ubuntu host, but I have no idea how to. I tried to find the authorized_keys file, but had zero success. ssh-copy-id command did not work ...
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How secure is ssh key-based authentication
I have a newly installed (and updated) Centos 7 server I use for testing.
I implemented RSA key based authentication for ssh and set PermitRootLogin to without-password
When I logged on this morning ...
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How to force openssh client to require both SSH certificate and SSHFP record?
Securely authenticate SSH hosts
I have successfully used both OpenSSH Certificates and SSHFP to authenticate hosts when connecting to servers using SSH. But I fail to find a way to require the ...
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Pentest - how to further exploit LFI / ssh / mysql
I am conducting a pentest where I got stuck on the following problem:
I found a LFI in a php file. I am trying to exploit it and to get a shell or any further usage out of it but until now without ...
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What is the risk if I don't have a passphrase associated with CA private key?
I understand that it is better to use a passphrase for SSH private keys so that even if someone accesses your machine, they can't simply SSH into a protected machine using your keys.
My question is ...
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What does ssh-keygen's -a option really mean?
I discovered the newer OpenSSH format for storing SSH private keys (ssh-keygen -o) uses bcrypt to generate the symmetric key to encrypt the private key. I understand that the -a option is used to ...
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test SSH private key from STDIN
I recently re-encrypted my SSH private key to use the new OpenSSH format with lots of KDF rounds (-o -a 200) (takes about 2 seconds to run on my CPU). Unfortunately, I mistyped my passphrase in ...
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Is MIT Kerberos supposed to ask for a password when authenticating to SSH?
According to my understanding of Kerberos, a client is supposed to only enter its password once for obtaining the TGT from the Kerberos server and the authentication against the web services (f.e. SSH,...
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What are the security implications of enabling anonymous root/sudo access with sshd on a local guest VM?
Let's say that on my personal computer, I host a VM I use to do software development. My personal computer is connected to the internet and running Ubuntu 16.04 and my guest is CentOS 7.
I don't want ...
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SSH ED25519 Key Extract pk (32 bit)
I am playing around with ssh keys with ED25519.
I have seen a couple of libraries playing with generating the public/private key pair. Another parsing the openssh private key to get the key, but the ...
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Ssh and fips mode
I am working on a networking device that needs to meet fips 140-2 level 2. ( runs on Ubuntu )
As for ssh, is it enough to limit the ciphers to those "allowed" by fips or should we patch openssh to ...
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Why does a SSH server need a host key-pair?
I know that the client needs a client key-pair for client authentication; Clients sends its public key to the Server for it to encrypt a challenge which will be decrypted by the Client to authenticate ...
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Per-host authentication and configuration of ssh files
I'm only starting to learn SSH.
Is it possible to have per-host authorized_keys file (eg /etc/ssh/authorized_keys) to allow passwordless login for every user of the given host?
To test I've tried to ...
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SSH CertKey Signing Destination
I'm setting up an SSH key signing server, using Neflix BLESS as the base
github(dot)com/Netflix/bless.
There is a critical option for source-address to ensure that the certificate can only be used ...
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Fix a real SSH MITM attack
Recently my unix server (Ubuntu 14.04.4) got compromised and 1 of my domains is now showing some content I didn't put there. I tried connecting to my server via SSH but the server returned the ...
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Do I have an ssh intruder in my VPS?
I have faced a problem with my VPS. It seems that someone has added his public key to my authorized_keys file and logged in to my VPS.
Postponed publickey for xxx from 223.255.145.158 port 52240 ssh2 ...
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scp/sftp - how to securely send a file without needing a client privkey?
As I understand asymmetric encryption, the Private Keys - one held by the client, one held by the server, are used to decrypt incoming messages only. respectively. So to me, I don't see a technical ...
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OpenSSH windows 10 user's password not configured
I'm currently using openSSH and my admin user configured without login password, i.e automatically logging in during startup. I wonder what happens in such case, is there an automatic default password ...
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Why OpenSSH had so many security vulnerabilities?
Looking at the CVE security vulnerabilities statistics of OpenSSH server (http://www.cvedetails.com/product/585/Openbsd-Openssh.html?vendor_id=97), I'm wondering why OpenSSH had so many bugs than ...
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Why are some OpenSSH CVE patches not being updated when checking for updates? [closed]
I am working to pass some Trustwave PCI scans on my server, starting with the OpenSSH CVEs.
Here's what I'm working with:
root@host [~]# ssh -V
OpenSSH_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
root@...
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Hardening SSH security on a Debian 9 server
I am running the following version of GNU/Linux Debian:
cat /etc/issue
says:
Debian GNU/Linux 9
Using the following kernel:
uname -r
says:
4.9.0-2-amd64
And running the following version of ...
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Able to read private SSH keys
Im able to run cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa meaning that my private keys are displayed on screen, I have a strong passphrase for it but doesn't that mean if my laptop was stolen, my private keys could just be ...
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Does SSH rekeying take place in the encrypted tunnel or outside of it
When an SSH session is rekeyed, does the new key exchange take place within the existing encrypted channel, or does it take place outside of the existing encrypted channel?
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OpenSSH server default configuration options
OpenSSH server is configured by using sshd_config. I know there are defaults for nearly all options available and they are listed here (http://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config).
I know, that some defaults ...
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How to create most secure SSH keys and D-H moduli on standard Linux PC?
These are two questions so closely related that I am asking them together - hope that's OK.
When I
create new SSH keys (e.g. with ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 or ... 8192); and when I
create new prime ...
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OpenSSH: Is setting a long ForwardX11Timeout better than ForwardX11Trusted?
I've never loved the idea of trusted X11 connections to shared machines. However, several years ago, we noticed that untrusted connections stopped working after a very short amount of time. After some ...
