Hi all
Got it:
put into /usr/local/etc/ssh_config:
Host *
HostKeyAlgorithms ssh-dss-cert-v01@xxxxxxxxxxx,ssh-dss
The documentation about that is a bit lousy.
Regards
Konrad
On 09/03/2010 04:58 PM, Konrad Bucheli wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I currently trying certificate based authentication with ssh and was
> successful with user authentication, but failed to configure host
> authentication.
>
> I have the newest and shiniest version:
>
> kb@kb-pc:~$ ssh -v
> OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009
>
> Created a CA key:
>
> ssh-keygen -t dsa -f ca_root
>
> Signed the host key:
>
> ssh-keygen -s ca_root -I kb-pc -h /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
>
> Added the certificate after the host key to /usr/local/etc/sshd_config:
>
> HostKey /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
> HostCertificate /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key-cert.pub
>
> Added the CA public key to ~/.ssh/known_hosts:
>
> @cert-authority * ssh-dss AAAAB3NzaC1kc3MAA...
>
> and tried to log in:
>
> kb@kb-pc:~$ ssh -v root@localhost
> OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009
> debug1: Reading configuration data /home/kb/.ssh/config
> debug1: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
> debug1: Applying options for *
> debug1: Connecting to localhost [::1] port 22.
> debug1: Connection established.
> debug1: identity file /home/kb/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/kb/.ssh/id_rsa-cert type -1
> debug1: identity file /home/kb/.ssh/id_dsa type 2
> debug1: ssh_dss_verify: signature correct
> debug1: identity file /home/kb/.ssh/id_dsa-cert type 4
> debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.6
> debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.6 pat OpenSSH*
> debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
> debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.6
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
> debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
> debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP
> debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent
> debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY
> The authenticity of host 'localhost (::1)' can't be established.
> DSA key fingerprint is 96:2e:ae:c2:4a:b8:24:0d:ee:1d:18:73:29:ad:72:e8.
> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
>
> Which was not the result I expected. do I miss something?
>
> strace /usr/local/sbin/sshd
>
> indicates that the cerificate is read:
>
> munmap(0xb774a000, 4096) = 0
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key-cert.pub", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1454, ...}) = 0
> read(3, "ssh-dss-cert-v01@xxxxxxxxxxx AAA"..., 1454) = 1454
> close(3) = 0
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key-cert.pub", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1454, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb774a000
> read(3, "ssh-dss-cert-v01@xxxxxxxxxxx AAA"..., 4096) = 1454
> read(3, "", 4096) = 0
> close(3) = 0
> munmap(0xb774a000, 4096) = 0
> open("/usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key-cert.pub", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1454, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb774a000
> read(3, "ssh-dss-cert-v01@xxxxxxxxxxx AAA"..., 4096) = 1454
> close(3) = 0
>
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> Konrad Bucheli
>
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