That's an interesting idea, thx. I'll forward the suggestion to the other admin. jake On Jan 22, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Felipe Martins wrote: > Jake, > > For non technical users you can use ssh as a CA, you can create to each user a public key inside a USB Pendrive and them configure their ssh clients (like a portable putty, and so) with that certificate (key). This way they can authenticate to your server. > > --- > Felipe Martins > Security Analyst > > Skype: martins.felipe > URL: http://www.felipemartins.info/ > E-mail: martins.felipe.security@xxxxxxxxx > > > On 19/01/2011 15:49, guy@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Thanks for all advises. >> I actually don't need a full ssh implementation. The thing a wanted was a simple password-authentification for non-technical users without support for rsa-keys, remote execution etc. >> But it sounds to complicated for a side-project... >> >> Problem solved. Not quite the solution I hoped for but anyway... >> >> regards, >> jake >> >> >> On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Felipe Martins wrote: >> >>> When you try to connect to a SSH Server it exchanges a session key, you would have to give that to the server before authentication. >>> Like Salva said, it's far more complicated than that. >>> >>> Best Regards >>> >>> --- >>> Felipe Martins >>> Security Analyst >>> >>> Skype: martins.felipe >>> URL: http://www.felipemartins.info/ >>> E-mail: martins.felipe.security@xxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> On 17/01/2011 15:43, Salvador Fandino wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ---- >>>>> From: "guy@xxxxxxxxx"<guy@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>> To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 9:19:15 PM >>>>> Subject: simulate connection with netcat >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> my long-term intention is to write a cross-platform GUI-authpf-client >>>>> without using libssh or libssh2. Before I get into that I'd like to simulate >>>>> the ssh-connection/authentication via netcat. >>>>> I took a look at the RFCs but don't get it working. >>>>> >>>>> % nc 127.0.0.1 22 >>>>> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2 >>>>> SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2<-- entered by me >>>>> ... a lot of text ... >>>>> >>>>> What do I enter now to authenticate? >>>>> My attempts resulted in "Packet corrupt". >>>> SSH uses a binary protocol. Getting authenticated is far more complex than >>>> writting something at your keyboard by hand. >>>> >>>> You can find pointers to the related RFCs here: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell >>>> >>>> - Salva >
