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Date:      Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:23:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To:        Jonathan Anderson <jonathan@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Greg Rivers <gcr+freebsd-security@tharned.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Securing SSH
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.1.10.1501112122400.23489@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <54B32FC8.1080000@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1501111913310.9102@angus.tharned.org> <54B32FC8.1080000@FreeBSD.org>

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The author also appears to not understand the difference between
single-DES and triple-DES, so I would expect the value of that posting to
be only as a brainstormed list of ideas to consider for further analysis.

-Ben

On Sun, 11 Jan 2015, Jonathan Anderson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I can't comment much on the elliptic-curve stuff, but I think it's a bit of a
> stretch to say that SHA-1 isn't safe for use in a KDF.
>
> Just my two cents,
>
>
> Jon
>
> > Greg Rivers <mailto:gcr+freebsd-security@tharned.org>
> > 11 January 2015 at 21:52
> > I came across an interesting article[1] about more secure SSH
> > configurations. What do our resident cryptographers think about this?
> > Would it make sense to adjust FreeBSD defaults accordingly?
> >
> > [1] https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html
> >
>
> -- Jonathan Anderson
> jonathan@FreeBSD.org
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