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    My pfsense failed an audit by securitymetrics.com

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    • J
      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
        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.

        Skype ID:  Marinhd

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        • jimpJ
          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

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          • K
            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=

            Skype ID:  Marinhd

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            • J
              jlepthien
              last edited by

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

              | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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              • K
                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.

                Skype ID:  Marinhd

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                • J
                  jlepthien
                  last edited by

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

                  | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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                  • K
                    kapara
                    last edited by

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

                    Skype ID:  Marinhd

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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:"…

                      | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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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.  ???

                        Skype ID:  Marinhd

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                        • J
                          jlepthien
                          last edited by

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

                          | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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                          • K
                            kapara
                            last edited by

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

                            Skype ID:  Marinhd

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                            • K
                              kapara
                              last edited by

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

                              Skype ID:  Marinhd

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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?

                                  Skype ID:  Marinhd

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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.

                                      Skype ID:  Marinhd

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                                      • J
                                        jlepthien
                                        last edited by

                                        Use your console to connect to the box…

                                        | apple fanboy | music lover | network and security specialist | in love with cisco systems |

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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

                                          Skype ID:  Marinhd

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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….

                                            Skype ID:  Marinhd

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