openssh HostKeyAlgorithms

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optikab
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openssh HostKeyAlgorithms

Post by optikab » 2018/04/04 14:43:38

I am trying exclude SSH from using DH ciphers.

With openssh 7 this can be done with the HostKeyAlgorithms & KexAlgorithms options.

Openssh 5.3 which is distributed with Centos 6 doesn't allow this configuration option though, is there any way to achieve the desired result in 5.3?

Config I want to use:

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Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr
MACs hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512

HostKeyAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss

KexAlgorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521
Response on start up:

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Starting sshd: /etc/ssh/sshd_config: line 150: Bad configuration option: HostKeyAlgorithms
/etc/ssh/sshd_config: terminating, 1 bad configuration options

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