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From: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
To: ptxdist@pengutronix.de
Subject: [ptxdist] [PATCH 2/4] dropbear: Revise comments
Date: Thu,  5 Nov 2020 09:13:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201105081302.6770-3-ada@thorsis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201105081302.6770-1-ada@thorsis.com>

Add more section markers and update recommendations based on upstream's
'default_options.h' file.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Dahl <ada@thorsis.com>
---
 rules/dropbear.in   | 12 +++++++-----
 rules/dropbear.make | 18 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rules/dropbear.in b/rules/dropbear.in
index 62a4a8427..d01f2c73e 100644
--- a/rules/dropbear.in
+++ b/rules/dropbear.in
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ config DROPBEAR_CTR_CIPHERS
 	  CBC mode against certain attacks. This adds around 1kB to binary
 	  size and is recommended for most cases.
 
-comment "Integrity, at least one required --- RFC Draft requires sha1-hmac and recommends sha1-96"
+comment "Integrity, at least one required --- sha2-256 is recommended as a default, sha1 for compatibility"
 
 config DROPBEAR_SHA1
 	bool
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ config DROPBEAR_SHA512
 
 config DROPBEAR_MD5
 	bool
-	prompt "md5"
+	prompt "md5 (not recommended!)"
 	help
 	  MD5 was developed by Professor Ronald L. Rivest in 1994.
 	  Its 128 bit (16 byte) message digest makes it a faster
 	  implementation than SHA-1.
 
-comment "Hostkey/public key algorithms, at least one required --- SSH2 RFC Draft requires dss, recommends rsa"
+comment "Hostkey/public key algorithms, at least one required --- RSA is recommended, DSS is not recommended for new keys"
 
 config DROPBEAR_RSA
 	bool
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ config DROPBEAR_RSA
 
 config DROPBEAR_DSS
 	bool
-	prompt "dss"
+	prompt "dss (not recommended!)"
 	help
 	  DSS stands for Digital Signature Standard.
 	  DSS employs the ElGamal and Schnorr PK systems to produce
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ config DROPBEAR_ECDSA
 	  ECDSA stands for Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm.
 	  ECDSA is significantly faster than RSA or DSS.
 
+comment "Key exchange algorithm ---"
+
 config DROPBEAR_ECDH
 	bool
 	prompt "ecdh"
@@ -377,7 +379,7 @@ config DROPBEAR_SCP
 comment "OpenSSH scp is selected!"
 	depends on OPENSSH_SCP
 
-comment "runtime options   ---"
+comment "runtime options        ---"
 
 config DROPBEAR_STARTSCRIPT
 	bool
diff --git a/rules/dropbear.make b/rules/dropbear.make
index acd9ef5f9..4f55fac48 100644
--- a/rules/dropbear.make
+++ b/rules/dropbear.make
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ $(STATEDIR)/dropbear.prepare:
 
 	@echo "/* localoptions.h created by ptxdist */" > $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 
+# features
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_DIS_X11
 	@echo "ptxdist: disabling x11 forwarding"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_X11FWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -76,13 +77,13 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_DIS_TCP
-	@echo "ptxdist: disabling tcp"
+	@echo "ptxdist: disabling tcp forwarding"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CLI_LOCALTCPFWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CLI_REMOTETCPFWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SVR_LOCALTCPFWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SVR_REMOTETCPFWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 else
-	@echo "ptxdist: enabling tcp"
+	@echo "ptxdist: enabling tcp forwarding"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CLI_LOCALTCPFWD 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CLI_REMOTETCPFWD 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SVR_LOCALTCPFWD 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -90,16 +91,16 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_DIS_AGENT
-	@echo "ptxdist: disabling agent"
+	@echo "ptxdist: disabling auth agent forwarding"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SVR_AGENTFWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CLI_AGENTFWD 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 else
-	@echo "ptxdist: enabling agent"
+	@echo "ptxdist: enabling auth agent forwarding"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SVR_AGENTFWD 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CLI_AGENTFWD 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 endif
 
-
+# encryption
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_AES128
 	@echo "ptxdist: enabling aes128"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_AES128 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ else
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_TWOFISH128 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 endif
 
+# ciphers
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_CBC_CIPHERS
 	@echo "ptxdist: enabling cbc ciphers"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_ENABLE_CBC_MODE 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ else
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_ENABLE_CTR_MODE 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 endif
 
+# integrity
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_SHA1
 	@echo "ptxdist: enabling sha1"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SHA1_HMAC 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ else
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_MD5_HMAC 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 endif
 
-
+# host key / public key
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_RSA
 	@echo "ptxdist: enabling rsa"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_RSA 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ else
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_ECDSA 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 endif
 
+# key exchange algorithm
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_ECDH
 	@echo "ptxdist: enabling ecdh"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_ECDH 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
@@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ else
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_CURVE25519 0" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
 endif
 
-
+# authentication types
 ifdef PTXCONF_DROPBEAR_PASSWD
 	@echo "ptxdist: enabling passwd"
 	@echo "#define DROPBEAR_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH 1" >> $(DROPBEAR_LOCALOPTIONS)
-- 
2.27.0


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-05  8:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-05  8:12 [ptxdist] [PATCH 0/4] dropbear: version bump 2019.78 -> 2020.81 Alexander Dahl
2020-11-05  8:12 ` [ptxdist] [PATCH 1/4] dropbear: Consider licenses of bundled libs Alexander Dahl
2020-11-05  8:13 ` Alexander Dahl [this message]
2020-11-05  8:13 ` [ptxdist] [PATCH 3/4] dropbear: version bump 2019.78 -> 2020.79 Alexander Dahl
2020-11-05 23:05   ` Alexander Dahl
2020-11-05  8:13 ` [ptxdist] [PATCH 4/4] dropbear: version bump 2020.79 -> 2020.81 Alexander Dahl

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