Re: simulate connection with netcat

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,
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>    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.
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> Felipe Martins
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> E-mail: [email protected]
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> On 19/01/2011 15:49, [email protected] 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...
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>> Problem solved. Not quite the solution I hoped for but anyway...
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>> regards,
>> jake
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>> On Jan 17, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Felipe Martins wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>>> Best Regards
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>>> Felipe Martins
>>> Security Analyst
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>>> URL: http://www.felipemartins.info/
>>> E-mail: [email protected]
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>>> On 17/01/2011 15:43, Salvador Fandino wrote:
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>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>> From: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>
>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>> Sent: Sat, January 15, 2011 9:19:15 PM
>>>>> Subject: simulate connection with netcat
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>>>>> Hello,
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> % 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 ...
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>> You can find pointers to the related RFCs here:
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
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>>>> - Salva
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