svn commit: r48103 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security

Author: trhodes
Date: Wed Jan 27 18:23:30 2016
New Revision: 48103
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48103

Log:
  Break out the AllowUsers discussion into a separate section and
  add some discussion on the AuthenticationMethods option to utilize
  key-only auth.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 27 14:13:07 2016	(r48102)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml	Wed Jan 27 18:23:30 2016	(r48103)
@@ -2862,9 +2862,13 @@ [email protected]'s p
 	<acronym>SSH</acronym> server, accepting connections from
 	other <acronym>SSH</acronym> clients.</para>
 
-      <para>To see if <application>sshd</application> is enabled,
-	check <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> for this line and add
-	it if it is missing:</para>
+      <para>To see if <application>sshd</application> is operating,
+        use the &man.service.8; command:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service sshd status</userinput></screen>
+        
+      <para>If the service is not running, add the following line to
+	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.</para>
 
       <programlisting>sshd_enable="YES"</programlisting>
 
@@ -2885,6 +2889,21 @@ [email protected]'s p
 	complete discussion about authentication, the login process,
 	and the various configuration files.</para>
 
+      <para>At this point, the <application>sshd</application> should
+	be available to all users with a username and password on
+	the system.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2>
+      <title>SSH Server Security</title>
+
+      <para>While <application>sshd</application> is the most widely
+	used remote administration facility for &os;, brute force
+	and drive by attacks are common to any system exposed to
+	public networks.  Several additional parameters are available
+	to prevent the success of these attacks and will be described
+	in this section.</para>
+
       <para>It is a good idea to limit which users can log into the
 	<acronym>SSH</acronym> server and from where using the
 	<literal>AllowUsers</literal> keyword in the
@@ -2927,6 +2946,17 @@ [email protected]'s p
 	  available keywords.</para>
       </note>
 
+      <para>In addition, users may be forced to use two factor
+	authentication via the use of a public and private key.  When
+	required, the user may generate a key pair through the use
+	of &man.ssh-keygen.1; and send the administrator the public
+	key.  This key file will be placed in the
+	<filename>authorized_keys</filename> as described above in
+	the client section.  To force the users to use keys only,
+	the following option may be configured:</para>
+
+      <programlisting>AuthenticationMethods publickey</programlisting>
+
       <tip>
 	<para>Do not confuse <filename>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</filename>
 	  with <filename>/etc/ssh/ssh_config</filename> (note the
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