nix-config/modules/features/security/security-ssh-client.nix
2026-04-15 18:26:05 -04:00

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{ ... }:
{
config.dendritic.features.security-ssh-client = {
nixosModules = [
(
{ ... }:
{
programs.ssh = {
# disable unnecessary forwardings
forwardX11 = false;
# explicitly define cryptography algorithms to avoid the use of weak algorithms
# AES CTR modes have been removed to mitigate the Terrapin attack
# https://terrapin-attack.com/
ciphers = [
"aes256-gcm@openssh.com"
"aes128-gcm@openssh.com"
];
hostKeyAlgorithms = [
"ssh-ed25519"
"ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com"
"sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com"
"sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com"
"rsa-sha2-256"
"rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com"
"rsa-sha2-512"
"rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com"
];
macs = [
"hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com"
"hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com"
"umac-128-etm@openssh.com"
];
kexAlgorithms = [
"sntrup761x25519-sha512@openssh.com"
"curve25519-sha256"
"curve25519-sha256@libssh.org"
"diffie-hellman-group16-sha512"
"diffie-hellman-group18-sha512"
];
extraConfig = "
# disable unnecessary forwardings
ForwardAgent no
ForwardX11Trusted no
GatewayPorts no
Tunnel no
# disable unnecessary authentication methods
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
HostbasedAuthentication no
# define authentication methods to be used
PasswordAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
PreferredAuthentications publickey,password
# disable pre-connection compression as it could cause security issues
Compression no
# in addition to checking a host's hostname, also check the host's IP address
# this provides extra safety against DNS spoofing attacks
CheckHostIP yes
# ask the user if the user wants to accept the new host's host key
StrictHostKeyChecking ask
# hash the entries in the known_hosts file to prevent disclosure
# of the file's content
HashKnownHosts yes
# send a keepalive message to the server when the session has been idle for 60 seconds
# this prevents/detects connection timeouts
ServerAliveInterval 60
# increase the number of password retries
NumberOfPasswordPrompts 5
# display an ASCII art of the server's host key
VisualHostKey yes
";
};
}
)
];
};
}