ssh_config: Do not set defaults explicitly

[people/pmueller/ipfire-2.x.git] / config / ssh / ssh_config

diff --git a/config/ssh/ssh_config b/config/ssh/ssh_config
index 2abfae6d1e9304e922a4c3fd753c486682952d9d..2e2ee60c39e7f5ba68ea955077b046add2dbaa41 100644 (file)
--- a/config/ssh/ssh_config
+++ b/config/ssh/ssh_config
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
-# OpenSSH client configuration
+# OpenSSH client configuration file for IPFire
 #
-# set some basic hardening options for all connections
+# The full documentation is available at: https://man.openbsd.org/ssh_config
+#
+
+# Set some basic hardening options for all connections
 Host *
-        # disable Roaming as it is known to be vulnerable
+        # Disable Roaming as it is known to be vulnerable
         UseRoaming no
 
-        # only use secure crypto algorithm
+        # Only use secure crypto algorithms
         KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
         Ciphers chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
         MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256,umac-128@openssh.com
 
-        # always visualise server host keys (has no technical
-        # effect, but helps to identify key based MITM attacks)
+        # Always visualise server host keys (but helps to identify key based MITM attacks)
         VisualHostKey yes
 
-        # use SSHFP (might work on some up-to-date networks) to look up host keys
+        # Use SSHFP (might work on some up-to-date networks) to look up host keys
         VerifyHostKeyDNS yes
 
         # send keep-alive messages to connected server to avoid broken connections
         ServerAliveInterval 10
         ServerAliveCountMax 6
 
-        # disable X11 forwarding (security risk)
-        ForwardX11 no
-
-        # always check server IP address
-        CheckHostIP yes
-
-        # ensure only allowed authentication methods are used
+        # Ensure only allowed authentication methods are used
         PreferredAuthentications publickey,keyboard-interactive,password
 
+       # Prevent information leak by hashing ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+       HashKnownHosts yes
+
 # EOF