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Template: ssh/new_config
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_Description: Generate new configuration file
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This version of OpenSSH has a considerably changed configuration file from
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the version shipped in Debian 'Potato', which you appear to be upgrading
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from. I can now generate you a new configuration file
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(/etc/ssh/sshd.config), which will work with the new server version, but
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will not contain any customisations you made with the old version.
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Please note that this new configuration file will set the value of
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'PermitRootLogin' to yes (meaning that anyone knowing the root password
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can ssh directly in as root). It is the opinion of the maintainer that
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this is the correct default (see README.Debian for more details), but you
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can always edit sshd_config and set it to no if you wish.
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It is strongly recommended that you let me generate a new configuration
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Template: ssh/protocol2_only
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_Description: Allow SSH protocol 2 only
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This version of OpenSSH supports version 2 of the ssh protocol, which is
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much more secure. Disabling ssh 1 is encouraged, however this will slow
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things down on low end machines and might prevent older clients from
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connecting (the ssh client shipped with "potato" is affected).
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Also please note that keys used for protocol 1 are different so you will
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not be able to use them if you only allow protocol 2 connections.
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If you later change your mind about this setting, README.Debian has
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instructions on what to do to your sshd_config file.
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Template: ssh/use_old_init_script
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_Description: Do you want to continue (and risk killing active ssh sessions)?
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The version of /etc/init.d/ssh that you have installed, is likely to kill
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all running sshd instances. If you are doing this upgrade via an ssh
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session, that would be a Bad Thing(tm).
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You can fix this by adding "--pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid" to the
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start-stop-daemon line in the stop section of the file.
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Template: ssh/forward_warning
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_Description: NOTE: Forwarding of X11 and Authorization disabled by default.
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For security reasons, the Debian version of ssh has ForwardX11 and
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ForwardAgent set to ``off'' by default.
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You can enable it for servers you trust, either in one of the
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configuration files, or with the -X command line option.
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More details can be found in /usr/share/doc/ssh/README.Debian
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Template: ssh/insecure_rshd
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_Description: Warning: rsh-server is installed --- probably not a good idea
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having rsh-server installed undermines the security that you were probably
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wanting to obtain by installing ssh. I'd advise you to remove that
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Template: ssh/insecure_telnetd
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_Description: Warning: telnetd is installed --- probably not a good idea
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I'd advise you to either remove the telnetd package (if you don't actually
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need to offer telnet access) or install telnetd-ssl so that there is at
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least some chance that telnet sessions will not be sending unencrypted
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login/password and session information over the network.
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Template: ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen
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_Description: Warning: you must create a new host key
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There is an old /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key, which is IDEA encrypted. OpenSSH
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can not handle this host key file, and I can't find the ssh-keygen utility
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from the old (non-free) SSH installation.
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You will need to generate a new host key.
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Template: ssh/disable_cr_auth
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_Description: Disable challenge-response authentication?
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Password authentication appears to be disabled in your current OpenSSH
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server configuration. In order to prevent users from logging in using
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passwords (perhaps using only public key authentication instead) with
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recent versions of OpenSSH, you must disable challenge-response
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authentication, or else ensure that your PAM configuration does not allow
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Unix password file authentication.
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If you disable challenge-response authentication, then users will not be
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able to log in using passwords. If you leave it enabled (the default
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answer), then the 'PasswordAuthentication no' option will have no useful
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effect unless you also adjust your PAM configuration in /etc/pam.d/ssh.
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