[186642] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: de-peering for security sake
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Sat Dec 26 17:43:08 2015
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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 16:42:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <BC2C9DEA-5089-4C43-A39C-DC9B0D8BA45B@puck.nether.net>
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Different network types will have different abilities to enforce this.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
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Midwest Internet Exchange=20
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>=20
To: "Joe Abley" <jabley@hopcount.ca>=20
Cc: nanog@nanog.org=20
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 3:21:03 PM=20
Subject: Re: de-peering for security sake=20
> On Dec 26, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca> wrote:=20
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> With respect to ssh scans in particular -- disable all forms of=20
> password authentication and insist upon public key authentication=20
> instead. If the password scan log lines still upset you, stop logging=20
> them.=20
Or if you can=E2=80=99t get users to use keys (aside from remove the users)=
consider things like:=20
example /etc/ssh/sshd_config=20
Match User root=20
PasswordAuthentication no=20
for users that should not be permitted to fall-back to password authenticat=
ion.=20
- Jared=20