OpenSSH hardened configuration
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Purpose
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This repository contains an hardened version of the default OpenSSH client and server configuration, disabling broken ciphers and unsafe authentication methods.


Installation
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- Deploy user public keys before continuing
- `groupadd ssh-user` and `usermod -a -G ssh-user <username>` for each user allowed to use SSH.
- Clone this repo into `/etc/ssh/`
- Regenerate `ssh_host_rsa_key{,.pub}` of length 4096 if lower (`ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f ssh_host_rsa_key < /dev/null`)


References
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- [Secure Secure Shell](https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html)