Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Neal Murphy
On Monday 13 March 2006 20:07, Michael Stone wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:03:24PM -0500, Neal Murphy wrote: > >The idea is to present information to the server that only the server can > >decrypt, and that, in theory, only the authorized user could have > > generated. > > Much like an authen

Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 993-2] New GnuPG packages fix broken signature check

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Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:03:24PM -0500, Neal Murphy wrote: The idea is to present information to the server that only the server can decrypt, and that, in theory, only the authorized user could have generated. Much like an authentication system. What's the point of all this over just authent

Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Neal Murphy
On Monday 13 March 2006 09:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:19:30AM -0500, Neal Murphy wrote: > > It seems kind-of counterproductive to set up SSH for secure access, then > > advertise to the universe that it's there. Thus my idea: > > > > Consider: > > - sshd listens on

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2006-03-13 Thread STARCH396
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Re: fail2ban [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Ralph Katz
On 03/13/2006, johannes weiß wrote: > this is the std config. But it's widely configurable (e.g.: > --- SNIP (fail2ban.conf, std config) --- > fwban = iptables -I fail2ban-%(__name__)s 1 -s -j DROP > fwunban = iptables -D fail2ban-%(__name__)s -s -j DROP > maxfailures = 5 > bantime = 600 > findt

RE: [SECURITY] [DSA 996-1] New Crypt::CBC packages fix cryptographic weakness

2006-03-13 Thread Joshua McClintock
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Re: umn.edu security.d.o host unreachable

2006-03-13 Thread Bob Tanner
On Monday 13 March 2006 03:58, martin f krafft wrote: > Hi, it seems 128.101.240.212, one of the two remaining security > mirrors, is unreachable. Other mirrors (non-Debian, like > 128.101.240.209 and 128.101.240.210, which seem to be right "next > door") are reachable. > > It would be great to get

Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread dsr
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:19:30AM -0500, Neal Murphy wrote: > It seems kind-of counterproductive to set up SSH for secure access, then > advertise to the universe that it's there. Thus my idea: > > Consider: > - sshd listens on a pre-shared UDP port for 'a knock on the door', > specificall

Apache + samba problem

2006-03-13 Thread Maciej Gasiorowski
Hello list. I've found out interesting thing using apache and samba on my test server. I'm not sure if it is a new issue but I couldn't find anything similar on google. I've configured apache to serve content from a mounted windows share. Now the best begins. When I add a backslash ("\") mark at

Re: fail2ban [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread johannes weiß
Hi, also sprach johannes weiß <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.13.1132 +0100]: I use fail2ban and I'm very happy with it. Am I correct in assuming that it simply adds rules like -A fail2ban_chain -s 1.2.3.4/32 -j DROP this is the std config. But it's widely configurable (e.g.: ---

fail2ban [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach johannes weiß <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.13.1132 +0100]: > I use fail2ban and I'm very happy with it. Am I correct in assuming that it simply adds rules like -A fail2ban_chain -s 1.2.3.4/32 -j DROP to iptables whenever 1.2.3.4/32 has too many login failures? Does it expire entri

Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread johannes weiß
Hi Guys, > [...] I use fail2ban and I'm very happy with it. Just my 2 cents, regards, johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: umn.edu security.d.o host unreachable

2006-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.03.13.1114 +0100]: > > Hi, it seems 128.101.240.212, one of the two remaining security > > mirrors, is unreachable. Other mirrors (non-Debian, like > > 128.101.240.209 and 128.101.240.210, which seem to be right "next > > door") are reachable. >

Re: umn.edu security.d.o host unreachable

2006-03-13 Thread Martin Schulze
martin f krafft wrote: > Hi, it seems 128.101.240.212, one of the two remaining security > mirrors, is unreachable. Other mirrors (non-Debian, like > 128.101.240.209 and 128.101.240.210, which seem to be right "next > door") are reachable. > > It would be great to get a status update from the admi

umn.edu security.d.o host unreachable

2006-03-13 Thread martin f krafft
Hi, it seems 128.101.240.212, one of the two remaining security mirrors, is unreachable. Other mirrors (non-Debian, like 128.101.240.209 and 128.101.240.210, which seem to be right "next door") are reachable. It would be great to get a status update from the administration team. Thanks, -- Plea

Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Nicolas Rachinsky
* Neal Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-13 03:19 -0500]: > Consider: [...] Sounds like putting http://ingles.homeunix.org/software/ost/ into ssh(d). Nicolas -- http://www.rachinsky.de/nicolas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Joerg Rieger
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:19:30AM -0500, Neal Murphy wrote: [...] > My idea is akin to a monastery that has no visible way in or out. If someone > wants in, he has to know where to knock, using the Super Secret Squirrel > coded knock. Then he has to wait a bit before he tries to pass his > cr

Idea to secure ssh [was: howto block ssh brute-force]

2006-03-13 Thread Neal Murphy
On Monday 13 March 2006 01:24, fgeek wrote: > > Hello, > > > > once in a while (say, every two weeks) I get a brute-force > > login/password scan attempt in my server (i.e., a single ip tries > > dictionary account names and passwords at random). SSH access is > > needed by many users, and (RSA/DS