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      On 10/05/2015 07:30 PM, Loren Tedford wrote:<br>
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                      <div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Loren
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Stacy <span
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              <div>Certificates, two-factor authentication and something
                like ssh-guard set to block on the first three attempts
                with a really really long block threshold.  <br>
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                    Stacy<br>
                    KG7QIN</font></span>
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                    On 10/05/2015 02:57 PM, Steven Donegan wrote:<br>
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                      certificates for ssh is yet another method :-) <br>
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                      <div>Steven Donegan<br>
                        KK6IVC General Class FCC License<br>
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                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b>
                              Bryan D. Boyle <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              Steven Donegan <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b>
                              Steve Zingman <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                              Monday, October 5, 2015 2:49 PM<br>
                              <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                              Re: [App_rpt-users] New Official Allstar
                              Distribution Released (DIAL)<br>
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                                <div>Using a jump box as you describe is
                                  one way...not allowing SSH from the
                                  outside adds a layer; setting up a
                                  secue VDI capability to the jumpbox
                                  over a vpn is yet a third way...;). </div>
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                                <div>my rule: if it's exposed to the
                                  net, it's potentially vulnerable. 
                                  Just turn on your SIP port and pop
                                  some popcorn to see...;)<br
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                                  <div>Bryan</div>
                                  <div>Sent from my iPhone 5.<span
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                                    On Oct 5, 2015, at 17:39, Steven
                                    Donegan <<a
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                                        <div>Direct root login being
                                          disallowed IF there were no
                                          other way to get full root
                                          privileges (not the case here)
                                          was considered best practice.
                                          However in almost every case
                                          there is a user (on Raspbian
                                          user pi) that can simply
                                          login, sudo -s and do whatever
                                          they want. Yes it puts up a
                                          small hurdle but I don't see
                                          it as a serious one.</div>
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                                        <div>In short, there is almost
                                          no setup that will allow you
                                          to completely lock out root
                                          with the exception of a few
                                          well designed appliances. And
                                          that means someone is out
                                          there doing support to get
                                          things resolved. This system
                                          is not of that flavor and root
                                          is necessary for many things
                                          so frankly adding a hurdle or
                                          two really doesn't appreciably
                                          make the system more secure.</div>
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                                        <div>Require a long pass phrase
                                          (say 20 mixed characters or
                                          so) and this whole thing is
                                          moot...</div>
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                                        <div>And BTW - putting sshd on
                                          port 222 (or anything except
                                          22) is security by obscurity -
                                          many tools can find standard
                                          protocols on non-standard
                                          ports :-) (I know, I wrote
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                                        <div>The best bet is to not
                                          allow ssh at all. If that is
                                          not feasible then do the su or
                                          sudo thing and/or set up an
                                          intermediate system such that
                                          you access a non-privileged
                                          account on system A, then ssh
                                          to system B and system B will
                                          ONLY accept ssh from system A.
                                          Still can be beaten but it is
                                          a bit harder...</div>
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                                        <div>And BTW - I have done
                                          infosec for about 20 years so
                                          I am allowed to have an
                                          opinion on this topic :-)<br
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                                                Monday, October 5, 2015
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Let's say I agree with you. And I well may.
On most internet exposed machines, I don't even allow ssh unless I trust your address or require a VPN. 
I agree is common practice to not allow it.
Now the question is why?

As John McLaughlin would say, DISCUSS!

On 10/05/2015 08:40 AM, Steve Zingman wrote:
><i> root login via SSH is now allowed
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> This is a bad idea.  Root should *never* be allowed to login to a system 
> remotely.  It's better to log in as a normal user and then become root 
> via su, sudo, etc.

> - Dave


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