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    My pfsense failed an audit by securitymetrics.com

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    • jimpJ Offline
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      No reason to tempt fate there. :-)

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      • K Offline
        kapara
        last edited by

        Thanks for all the feedback.  As a bandaid I locked it down to only me remote network for HTTPS.  I will also look into the other suggestions.  Thanks again.

        Mark

        Skype ID:  Marinhd

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        • D Offline
          djamp42
          last edited by

          Instead of just allowing everyone to access the WebGui, restrict it to cretin IP ranges that you often use. This has proven good to me so far with SSH and WebGUI. I do this in case the VPN tunnel breaks, i still have a way in.

          The best way for normal access should be through a VPN.

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            jus10
            last edited by

            Assuming pfsense is still using lighttpd as the webserver,  you can configure what ciphers it speaks.  http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs:SSL

            If you look at the PCI DSS Compliance section that shows some higher security ciphers.  You can configure lighttpd to only use those.  This is of course besides the sensible advice above about restricting access to the web interface.  But should you ever see this issue on another lighttpd server you can see how to correct it :).

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            • K Offline
              kapara
              last edited by

              Tried setting up SSH Authorized Key but it does not seem to work.

              I pasted the following from the Public Key File created using puttygen:

              –-- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----
              Comment: "rsa-key-20100303"
              AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiNNMQ8KAZQhyRdek5p/anBZpBiBCsiF3BzGb
              vDhGtCC+oFj7/jJsmLcPmUcxQp/L5Gz0fBzQUEcd1AZK3gTG/pEHzE8x2PU5iqSX
              +LBbHIDQZuz461iiMwnL9Xu8I9T2+B7i3KX/t34SvubWYPvP6ZO/Q/+Rdmbwmmsb
              GZ2FC1U=
              ---- END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----

              I was still able to connect via SSH without the need of any private key.  Also disable passord login for secure shell.  Still getting prompt for username password and able to login.

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              • jimpJ Offline
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                Try omitting the begin, end, and comment lines.

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                • K Offline
                  kapara
                  last edited by

                  Like this:

                  AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiNNMQ8KAZQhyRdek5p/anBZpBiBCsiF3BzGb
                  vDhGtCC+oFj7/jJsmLcPmUcxQp/L5Gz0fBzQUEcd1AZK3gTG/pEHzE8x2PU5iqSX
                  +LBbHIDQZuz461iiMwnL9Xu8I9T2+B7i3KX/t34SvubWYPvP6ZO/Q/+Rdmbwmmsb
                  GZ2FC1U=

                  or

                  ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiNNMQ8KAZQhyRdek5p/anBZpBiBCsiF3BzGb
                  vDhGtCC+oFj7/jJsmLcPmUcxQp/L5Gz0fBzQUEcd1AZK3gTG/pEHzE8x2PU5iqSX
                  +LBbHIDQZuz461iiMwnL9Xu8I9T2+B7i3KX/t34SvubWYPvP6ZO/Q/+Rdmbwmmsb
                  GZ2FC1U=

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                  • J Offline
                    jlepthien
                    last edited by

                    Like the second one. That's what I do…

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                    • K Offline
                      kapara
                      last edited by

                      When I use the one with ssh-rsa I get connection refused.  When I go to auth in putty and select the private.pkk file and try to open the connection I get connection error.

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                      • J Offline
                        jlepthien
                        last edited by

                        Did you get your key by opening puttygen and loading your private key there?

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                        • K Offline
                          kapara
                          last edited by

                          I generate public key and copy then export private key. Right?

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                          • J Offline
                            jlepthien
                            last edited by

                            You can use puttygen to generate a pair and then copy the key from the top of the window which says "Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file:"…

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                            • K Offline
                              kapara
                              last edited by

                              Here is a new example:

                              ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIBb5HVQf5Nbdu6+bC2dE2bM1ZNC/7USV/jJRcRNtBSu9plZCEAz4BRwCkMiuHlFNHT+FO6fjcdg9Jzb/csZ8SyVP9wY0iSDYeDd9eY5N04LceCGb2AxqrL24a09BftVSlQnXvbsPaume+fKgVVMo6NCDoUhPI917PUyIlNZ8YBD9w== rsa-key-20100303

                              I pasted this into System:Advanced:Secure Shell:Authorized Keys.  Saved.

                              Then open Putty and loaded session with internal pfsense IP.  Clicked on Auth in Putty and browsed to the Private.pkk file which I downloaded from puttygen.

                              Fail.  ???

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                              • J Offline
                                jlepthien
                                last edited by

                                Yep. That sounds about right. Are you running 1.2.3 also?

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                                • K Offline
                                  kapara
                                  last edited by

                                  1.2.3-RELEASE
                                  built on Mon Dec 7 20:21:30 EST 2009

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                                  • K Offline
                                    kapara
                                    last edited by

                                    Should I remove:  rsa-key-20100303 from the end of the key?

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                                    • J Offline
                                      jlepthien
                                      last edited by

                                      Nope. I have that, too….

                                      Please check when logged in that the key is really there....

                                      cat .ssh/authorized_keys

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                                      • K Offline
                                        kapara
                                        last edited by

                                        you mean check via winscp?

                                        Skype ID:  Marinhd

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                                        • J Offline
                                          jlepthien
                                          last edited by

                                          No. Login via putty and ssh. And then do that command in /root

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                                          • K Offline
                                            kapara
                                            last edited by

                                            Seems to be going from Bad to worse.

                                            I deleted the key and unchecked the box disabling password for SSH.  No when I connect I get:

                                            Disconnected:  No Supported authentication methods available.

                                            Skype ID:  Marinhd

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