Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-24 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 23.09.2013 um 23:58 schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us: This prohibits SSH logins via password, but does not strictly enforce what commands are allowed to be run (and all options allowed) by a specific which is what I was looking for. Having done a bit more research, It does appear that you could

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-24 Thread isdtor
This prohibits SSH logins via password, but does not strictly enforce what commands are allowed to be run (and all options allowed) by a specific which is what I was looking for. I found this article series from 2002 (!) quite good.

[CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread Lists
We've been using rsync since forever to back up all our servers and it's worked without a problem. But in a recent security review, we noted that our specific rsync backup host is using root keys to access the server, meaning that if the keys on the backup server were leaked/compromised in any

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread m . roth
Lists wrote: We've been using rsync since forever to back up all our servers and it's worked without a problem. But in a recent security review, we noted that our specific rsync backup host is using root keys to access the server, meaning that if the keys on the backup server were

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread Lists
On 09/23/2013 01:02 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: It does have to run as root, though, on both, to preserve ownership of home and project directories, etc. Depending on how you interpret this statement, my documented process may present a (mild) improvement. It has the backup account on the

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Lists li...@benjamindsmith.com wrote: Depending on how you interpret this statement, my documented process may present a (mild) improvement. It has the backup account on the public server being a non-priviliged account only able to run a (tightly controlled)

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread Lists
On 09/23/2013 01:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: Is there something that convinces you that sudo is better at handling the command restriction than sshd would be? In the context of a production server, the idea is to remove any ability from another host (EG: backup server) to run local arbitrary

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread m . roth
Lists wrote: On 09/23/2013 01:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: Is there something that convinces you that sudo is better at handling the command restriction than sshd would be? In the context of a production server, the idea is to remove any ability from another host (EG: backup server) to run

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread Lists
On 09/23/2013 02:44 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Lists wrote: On 09/23/2013 01:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: Is there something that convinces you that sudo is better at handling the command restriction than sshd would be? In the context of a production server, the idea is to remove any ability

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread m . roth
Lists wrote: On 09/23/2013 02:44 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Lists wrote: On 09/23/2013 01:50 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: Is there something that convinces you that sudo is better at handling the command restriction than sshd would be? In the context of a production server, the idea is to remove

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Extremely tight security rsync shell for backups

2013-09-23 Thread Kahlil Hodgson
A couple of weeks ago I found this breakdown of various approaches https://techstdout.boum.org/EncryptedBackupsForParanoiacs/ We're currently using a variation of the push-backup system described (using rsync via duplicity). K Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C9A02289 Head