[mythtv-users] ssh attack
zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com
zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 30 00:22:06 EST 2005
Since we're talking about solutions, I'll describe
mine. I have two basic servers on the home network,
and various client machines. The main firewall blocks
all incoming ports except 22 and 80 (and of course
those used in normal NAT operations).
One server is the main one, and all port 22 and 80
traffic is directed to it (the other server is a myth
BE/FE). This server has iptables set up to accept all
port 80 traffic (it is running apache2, with a
configuration that enhances security somewhat). It
drops without error, using iptables, any port 22
traffic except that which was sent from a whitelisted
ip address.
Addresses can be added to the whitelist by accessing a
special cgi script. If the url/request is formed
well, it will add the address that the http request
apparently came from to the whitelist (not directly,
since it has only www privileges). That way I can
connect from a random place. Since iptables is
silently dropping (and logging) non-whitelisted ip's,
scripts at least don't get the benefit of confirming
there's a running sshd at that address.
All connections to any machine on the network have to
be port-forwarded through the ssh connection, even non
port 22 connections to the server itself. So I can
mount drives, load up mythweb, etc, once I've tunneled
in.
I've been operating this way for well over a year and
it's been working great. The ssh attempts still occur
though, a few times a day, especially from apparently
compromised machines in Korea lately.
Naturally, I don't use mythtv:mythtv as user:pw. And
of course, root logins are disallowed on all machines
running sshd. I'm sure my network could be "hacked",
but it certainly ain't gonna be the easiest one on the
block to break into! And as you might guess, wireless
is WPA with a strong key.
--- Robert Kulagowski <bob at smalltime.com> wrote:
> >>This of course won't happen behind a properly
> configured firewall, correct?
> >>
> >>Darren Hart wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm sure nobody here is dumb enough to do this,
> but since I was,
> >>>thought I'd pass the word.
> >>>
> >>>There is an ssh attack going around with a brute
> force login using
> >>>2187 different username/password pairs, one such
> pair happens to be:
> >>>
> >>>mythtv:mythtv
>
> If you need to use ssh from outside your firewall,
> you could do what
> I've done; get rid of a password-based logon
> alltogether and use public
> / private keys.
>
> Since I use putty at work, it's what I'm familiar
> with. In a Windows
> environment:
>
> 1) Download putty, puttygen and pageant from
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
>
> 2) Run puttygen to generate a public / private
> keypair.
> 3) Take the public key portion (it's just text) and
> paste it into
> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
> 4) Edit /etc/pam.d/ssh and look for the line:
> # Standard Un*x authentication.
> @include common-auth
>
> Put a "#" infront of @include common-auth so that
> it's:
> #@include common-auth
>
> This will restrict ssh from looking at /etc/passwd
> and /etc/shadow
> 5) Create a passphrase for the key that you just
> created. Take the
> private key that puttygen created for you and save
> it. You'll need it
> _every_ time you login from that point on, even
> internally. If you're
> using putty, you'll need to provide the filename in
> connection > ssh >
> auth when you're setting up your connection profile.
> 6) If you don't want to keep typing your passphrase
> every time, load the
> private key into pageant; you type it in once, and
> then if you use putty
> to login, pageant will supply the passphrase
> automatically.
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