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Imperfect Forward Secrecy: 1024-bit DH attack #57

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@guidoiaquinti

Hi,
after reading about the recent DH attack I was wondering if we should change the default key exchange methods for this module. I know that we could still use DH using parameters of at least of 2048-bit but I'm worried that most of the sysadmins will not do it.

I also like the idea of this module that provide an hardened ssh config with a simple

include ::modulename

I don't think we should add: "...BUT in case you use DH kex methods this is not valid anymore if you use DH parameters < 2048bit"

Ref:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH
https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/
https://weakdh.org/imperfect-forward-secrecy-ccs15.pdf

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