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gianni

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You have to modify VMWare itself:

https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/display/KB/SSH+Requirements+for+NAKIVO+Backup+and+Replication

without the mods to sshd_config - it will never see it.

KexAlgorithms 
HostKeyAlgorithms 
Ciphers

I've include the original and replacement files.

Changed:

# Version 7.0.2.1

# running from inetd
# Port 22
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key

# Fips mode restricts ciphers to only FIPS-permitted ciphers
FipsMode yes

# vPP FCS_SSH_EXT.1.7: rekey after 1GB, 1H (instead of default 4GB for AES)
RekeyLimit 1G, 1H

SyslogFacility auth
LogLevel info

PermitRootLogin yes

PrintMotd yes

TCPKeepAlive yes

# Key algorithms used in SSHv2 handshake
# (ed25519 not allowed by current FIPS module)
KexAlgorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
HostKeyAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-96,hmac-md5

UsePAM yes
# only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
PasswordAuthentication no

Banner /etc/issue

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/vmware/openssh/bin/sftp-server -f LOCAL5 -l INFO

AuthorizedKeysFile /etc/ssh/keys-%u/authorized_keys

# Timeout value of 10 mins. The default value of ClientAliveCountMax is 3.
# Hence, we get a  3 * 200 = 600 seconds timeout if the client has been
# unresponsive.
ClientAliveCountMax 3
ClientAliveInterval 200

# sshd(8) will refuse connection attempts with a probability of "rate/100"
# (30%) if there are currently "start" (10) unauthenticated connections.  The
# probability increases linearly and all connection attempts are refused if the
# number of unauthenticated connections reaches "full" (100)
MaxStartups 10:30:100

# ESXi is not a proxy server
AllowTcpForwarding no
AllowStreamLocalForwarding no

# The following settings are all default values. They are repeated
# here to simplify auditing settings (for example, DoD STIG).
IgnoreRhosts yes
HostbasedAuthentication no
PermitEmptyPasswords no
PermitUserEnvironment no
StrictModes yes
Compression no
GatewayPorts no
X11Forwarding no
AcceptEnv
PermitTunnel no

# The following settings are disabled during the OpenSSH build.
# They are commented out to avoid spurious warnings in log files.
#GSSAPIAuthentication no
#KerberosAuthentication no
 

 

Original

# Version 7.0.2.1

# running from inetd
# Port 22
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key

# Fips mode restricts ciphers to only FIPS-permitted ciphers
FipsMode yes

# vPP FCS_SSH_EXT.1.7: rekey after 1GB, 1H (instead of default 4GB for AES)
RekeyLimit 1G, 1H

SyslogFacility auth
LogLevel info

PermitRootLogin yes

PrintMotd yes

TCPKeepAlive yes

# Key algorithms used in SSHv2 handshake
# (ed25519 not allowed by current FIPS module)
KexAlgorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256
HostKeyAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512

UsePAM yes
# only use PAM challenge-response (keyboard-interactive)
PasswordAuthentication no

Banner /etc/issue

Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/vmware/openssh/bin/sftp-server -f LOCAL5 -l INFO

AuthorizedKeysFile /etc/ssh/keys-%u/authorized_keys

# Timeout value of 10 mins. The default value of ClientAliveCountMax is 3.
# Hence, we get a  3 * 200 = 600 seconds timeout if the client has been
# unresponsive.
ClientAliveCountMax 3
ClientAliveInterval 200

# sshd(8) will refuse connection attempts with a probability of "rate/100"
# (30%) if there are currently "start" (10) unauthenticated connections.  The
# probability increases linearly and all connection attempts are refused if the
# number of unauthenticated connections reaches "full" (100)
MaxStartups 10:30:100

# ESXi is not a proxy server
AllowTcpForwarding no
AllowStreamLocalForwarding no

# The following settings are all default values. They are repeated
# here to simplify auditing settings (for example, DoD STIG).
IgnoreRhosts yes
HostbasedAuthentication no
PermitEmptyPasswords no
PermitUserEnvironment no
StrictModes yes
Compression no
GatewayPorts no
X11Forwarding no
AcceptEnv
PermitTunnel no

# The following settings are disabled during the OpenSSH build.
# They are commented out to avoid spurious warnings in log files.
#GSSAPIAuthentication no
#KerberosAuthentication no
 

 

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3 minutes ago, Official Moderator said:

Hey, @Mike Spragg

What an awesome response. Thank you for contributing to NAKIVO forum! 

Thank you ! I hit this problem pretty much straight away as soon as 10.3 came out. Unfortunately, there is a down side insofar as you are weakening what was a hardened system so hopefully fixed in 10.4 without the need to do this.

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1 minute ago, gianni said:

Thank you very much. I solved the problem, but i don't understand. This problem shows up with the latest version of vmware (7.02) because with 7.0 i never had this problem.

Correct, you didn't. In 7.0U2 they [VMWare] uprated/hardened the security requirements through ssh. By doing this change you've reverted that change by VMWare.

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3 minutes ago, Mike Spragg said:

Correct, you didn't. In 7.0U2 they [VMWare] uprated/hardened the security requirements through ssh. By doing this change you've reverted that change by VMWare.

ok, thanks again Mike.

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1 hour ago, Ponord59 said:

Hi 

# running from inetd
# Port 22

 

what is inetd, a program? I do it via putty

thanks

That's not the relevant part - the "file" (as I can't attach it) are shown above - you only need to modify the lines:

KexAlgorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
HostKeyAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-96,hmac-md5

This adds the right KexAlgorithm, HostKeyAlgorithms and Ciphers (the original shows what they are now in 7.0U1)

The file you need to modify is /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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3 hours ago, Mike Spragg said:

That's not the relevant part - the "file" (as I can't attach it) are shown above - you only need to modify the lines:

KexAlgorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
HostKeyAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-96,hmac-md5

This adds the right KexAlgorithm, HostKeyAlgorithms and Ciphers (the original shows what they are now in 7.0U1)

The file you need to modify is /etc/ssh/sshd_config

ok thanks it's good

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2 minutes ago, Official Moderator said:

@Ponord59, hi! Just in case you need more information, please refer to this article: 

https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/display/KB/SSH+Requirements+for+NAKIVO+Backup+and+Replication 

Hi - is it possible that this article is modified - it doesn't say what to change only what requirements are and a little vague. Just needs direction to modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config and to modify those lines mentioned above e.g.

KexAlgorithms ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
HostKeyAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5-96,hmac-md5

This adds the right KexAlgorithm, HostKeyAlgorithms and Ciphers 

 

That way, it's more specific to the solution. Thanks !!

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34 minutes ago, Axel said:

Hello,

@Mike Spragg can you please explain how exactly the "sshd_config" file is modified?

Is ist possible to make the changes remote? Maybe you can explain the necessary steps?

Thank you in advance!

Axel 

 

Either remotely collect it using Win SCP and edit it locally. Or use Vi. You just alter the 3 lines shown in the thread. You can do it remotely if you can ssh into box remotely (switch this on in VMWare).

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