Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] dropbear: make syslog support configurable

2017-11-04 Thread David Lang
On Sat, 4 Nov 2017, Hans Dedecker wrote: On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Petr Štetiar wrote: Hans Dedecker [2017-11-03 13:46:14]: Hi, By default dropbear logs to syslog which discloses info about account names when doing connection attempts (e.g. "Bad password attempt for 'engineer' from

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] dropbear: make syslog support configurable

2017-11-04 Thread Philip Prindeville
> On Nov 4, 2017, at 3:14 AM, Petr Štetiar wrote: > > Hans Dedecker [2017-11-03 13:46:14]: > > Hi, > >> By default dropbear logs to syslog which discloses info about account names >> when doing connection attempts (e.g. "Bad password attempt for 'engineer' >> from x.x.x.x:y") > > I don't get

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] dropbear: make syslog support configurable

2017-11-04 Thread Philip Prindeville
NAK, inline: > On Nov 3, 2017, at 6:46 AM, Hans Dedecker wrote: > > By default dropbear logs to syslog which discloses info about account names > when doing connection attempts (e.g. "Bad password attempt for 'engineer' from > x.x.x.x:y") > As this facilitates brute force attempts against accou

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] dropbear: make syslog support configurable

2017-11-04 Thread Hans Dedecker
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Petr Štetiar wrote: > Hans Dedecker [2017-11-03 13:46:14]: > > Hi, > >> By default dropbear logs to syslog which discloses info about account names >> when doing connection attempts (e.g. "Bad password attempt for 'engineer' >> from x.x.x.x:y") > > I don't get it,

Re: [LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] dropbear: make syslog support configurable

2017-11-04 Thread Petr Štetiar
Hans Dedecker [2017-11-03 13:46:14]: Hi, > By default dropbear logs to syslog which discloses info about account names > when doing connection attempts (e.g. "Bad password attempt for 'engineer' > from x.x.x.x:y") I don't get it, syslog discloses this information to whom and how? > As this fac

[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] dropbear: make syslog support configurable

2017-11-03 Thread Hans Dedecker
By default dropbear logs to syslog which discloses info about account names when doing connection attempts (e.g. "Bad password attempt for 'engineer' from x.x.x.x:y") As this facilitates brute force attempts against account names; make syslog support configurable in order not to leak sensitive info