puppetlabs / puppetlabs/puppetlabs-sshkeys_core
Support HashKnownHosts yes
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Ruby
- Stars
- 3
- Forks
- 34
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Description
Use Case
When hashing known hosts file is enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
HashKnownHosts yes
the known hosts file is obfuscated, e.g.
|1|/HDlpiXPrlV7Du5z0gYYl2jqFDc=|bM6g+TnsNFpNa4hm1XKGXFDypKg= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE..
The sshkey resource should respect the setting and not mix hashed entries with plain text entries.
The matching lines can be found easily:
ssh-keygen -H -F hostname.example.com
but it's not as easy as managing plain-text records.
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the sshkey resource implementation and its tests, then use the HashKnownHosts setting in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and ssh-keygen -H -F hostname.example.com as behavioral references. Done means the resource handles hashed known-hosts entries without mixing them with plain-text entries.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100