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Date:      Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:21:17 +0200
From:      Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Cc:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Important note for future FreeBSD base system OpenSSH update
Message-ID:  <20210920192117.ylaewdyxcjtl6rsb@aching.in.mat.cc>
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On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 05:09:45AM +0700, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> 10.09.2021 1:01, Ed Maste wrote:
>=20
> > To check whether a server is using the weak ssh-rsa public key
> > algorithm, for host authentication, try to connect to it after
> > removing the ssh-rsa algorithm from ssh(1)'s allowed list:
> >=20
> >     ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=3D-ssh-rsa user@host
> >=20
> > If the host key verification fails and no other supported host key
> > types are available, the server software on that host should be
> > upgraded.
>=20
> I have some telco equipment (E1/SS7) based on custom Linux distro built b=
y a vendor:
>=20
> $ ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=3D-ssh-rsa user@host
> Unable to negotiate with X.X.X.X port 22: no matching host key type found=
=2E Their offer: ssh-rsa
>=20
> I've already asked the vendor for possible upgrade and was told that no u=
pgrade will be available.
>=20
> Will I be able to use ssh_config and following command to re-enable the f=
eature after planned import?
>=20
> HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-rsa

Same here, I have many telco and even switches and routers that only
support ssh-rsa, will it be possible to use a ssh_config knob to enable
it back?

--=20
Mathieu Arnold

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