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    My pfsense failed an audit by securitymetrics.com

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    • J
      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
        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
          jlepthien
          last edited by

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

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          • K
            kapara
            last edited by

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

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            • K
              kapara
              last edited by

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

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              • J
                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
                  kapara
                  last edited by

                  you mean check via winscp?

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                  • J
                    jlepthien
                    last edited by

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

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                    • K
                      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.

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                      • J
                        jlepthien
                        last edited by

                        Use your console to connect to the box…

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                        • K
                          kapara
                          last edited by

                          ok.  Disables SSH and enabled and now I am back in.

                          cat: .ssh/authorized_keys: No such file or directory

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                          • K
                            kapara
                            last edited by

                            Ok.  So I repasted info and connected with private ket and got the following:

                            login as: root
                            Server refused our key
                            Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
                            Password:

                            Though I was able to get through….

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                            • J
                              jlepthien
                              last edited by

                              Also when you login as 'admin'?

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                              • K
                                kapara
                                last edited by

                                I am able to get in no matter what…

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                                • J
                                  jlepthien
                                  last edited by

                                  Log in again and then do:

                                  • cd /root
                                  • cd .ssh
                                  • ls -la (post output, there should be a authorized_keys files after you pasted your key via GUI)

                                  Are you running on embedded?

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                                  • K
                                    kapara
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes Embedded….

                                    [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root(1): cd /root
                                    [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root(2): cd .ssh
                                    [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root/.ssh(3): ls -la
                                    total 1
                                    drwx–----  2 root  wheel  512 Mar  4 07:49 .
                                    drwxr-xr-x  4 root  wheel  512 Mar  4 05:08 ..
                                    [1.2.3-RELEASE]                                                                [root@wall.test.local]/root/.ssh(4):

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                                    • J
                                      jlepthien
                                      last edited by

                                      So there is something wrong with your install. The authorized_keys file does not get created.

                                      Try this:

                                      • /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
                                      • then create the file manually with e.g. vi /root/.ssh/authorized_keys and paste in your key
                                      • /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro

                                      Then check again…

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                                      • K
                                        kapara
                                        last edited by

                                        vi/root/.ssh/authorized_keys: Command not found.

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                                        • K
                                          kapara
                                          last edited by

                                          here is a screen shot via winscp….

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                                          • J
                                            jlepthien
                                            last edited by

                                            vi and a [space] after that…

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