hey, no worries. I will never stop learning too :-)


On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:46 PM Kevin Keane <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sorry about that! And thanks for the correction, Jarrod. I'll never stop
> learning.
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> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:12 PM Imam Toufique <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Yes , it does mean something:-) I was a bit shaken by Kevin’s statement.
>>
>> Jarrod , if you find your notes , that would be very helpful.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:06 PM Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, host based authentication using /etc/ssh/known_hosts does mean
>>> somethhing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Instead of using user keys, the user uses the host key and
>>> HostAuthentication uses the known_hosts as the repository of keys.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have to look again, but my plan was to introduce a postscript to use
>>> this with SSH CA in lieu of the current remoteshell postscript.  Each
>>> /etc/ssh/known_hosts would consist only of the CA line(s) and each
>>> deployment would have the new ssh keys signed by a server to allow each to
>>> have a private known_hosts file without having to update it for key churn.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It’s like rhosts/hosts.equiv, but with cryptographic assurance with the
>>> host key used instead of each user having to manage it.  It is why
>>> ssh-keysign is setgid ssh_keys, to allow a user on a system to ask the host
>>> key to sign on their behalf if the sshd_config is so willing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regrettably, I don’t see my notes handy, I’ll try to find my notes on
>>> this topic.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Kevin Keane <[email protected]>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2020 4:00 PM
>>> *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* [External] Re: [xcat-user] host based authentication
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The known_hosts file has nothing to do with host-based authentication.
>>> It is used to verify the identity of the host when using SSH with standard
>>> user-based authentication.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I believe you are thinking of rhosts? Generally speaking, using
>>> host-based authentication is highly discouraged for security reasons, but
>>> in an xCAT scenario it can make sense.
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>>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 12:52 PM Imam Toufique <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quick question, before I jump in finding my own solution.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anything in xcat that would allow setting up host based
>>> authentication?  I know root can ssh from the mgmt. node to all the nodes
>>> in the cluster.  I am referring to user authentication , based on
>>> /etc/ssh/known_hosts file, where there is a list of hosts and their
>>> respective keys.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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