nixos/initrd-ssh: switch from Dropbear to OpenSSH

Dropbear lags behind OpenSSH significantly in both support for modern
key formats like `ssh-ed25519`, let alone the recently-introduced
U2F/FIDO2-based `sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com` (as I found when I switched
my `authorizedKeys` over to it and promptly locked myself out of my
server's initrd SSH, breaking reboots), as well as security features
like multiprocess isolation. Using the same SSH daemon for stage-1 and
the main system ensures key formats will always remain compatible, as
well as more conveniently allowing the sharing of configuration and
host keys.

The main reason to use Dropbear over OpenSSH would be initrd space
concerns, but NixOS initrds are already large (17 MiB currently on my
server), and the size difference between the two isn't huge (the test's
initrd goes from 9.7 MiB to 12 MiB with this change). If the size is
still a problem, then it would be easy to shrink sshd down to a few
hundred kilobytes by using an initrd-specific build that uses musl and
disables things like Kerberos support.

This passes the test and works on my server, but more rigorous testing
and review from people who use initrd SSH would be appreciated!
This commit is contained in:
Emily
2020-03-25 08:26:50 +00:00
parent 01914e619f
commit d930466b77
13 changed files with 179 additions and 118 deletions
+16 -6
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }:
{
name = "initrd-network-ssh";
meta = with lib.maintainers; {
maintainers = [ willibutz ];
maintainers = [ willibutz emily ];
};
nodes = with lib; {
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }:
enable = true;
ssh = {
enable = true;
authorizedKeys = [ "${readFile ./openssh.pub}" ];
authorizedKeys = [ (readFile ./id_ed25519.pub) ];
port = 22;
hostRSAKey = ./dropbear.priv;
hostKeys = [ ./ssh_host_ed25519_key ];
};
};
boot.initrd.preLVMCommands = ''
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }:
"${toString (head (splitString " " (
toString (elemAt (splitString "\n" config.networking.extraHosts) 2)
)))} "
"${readFile ./dropbear.pub}"
"${readFile ./ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub}"
];
};
sshKey = {
source = ./openssh.priv; # dont use this anywhere else
source = ./id_ed25519;
mode = "0600";
};
};
@@ -56,7 +56,17 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ lib, ... }:
testScript = ''
start_all()
client.wait_for_unit("network.target")
client.wait_until_succeeds("ping -c 1 server")
def ssh_is_up(_) -> bool:
status, _ = client.execute("nc -z server 22")
return status == 0
with client.nested("waiting for SSH server to come up"):
retry(ssh_is_up)
client.succeed(
"ssh -i /etc/sshKey -o UserKnownHostsFile=/etc/knownHosts server 'touch /fnord'"
)
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
with import ../../.. {};
runCommand "gen-keys" {
buildInputs = [ dropbear openssh ];
buildInputs = [ openssh ];
}
''
mkdir $out
dropbearkey -t rsa -f $out/dropbear.priv -s 4096 | sed -n 2p > $out/dropbear.pub
ssh-keygen -q -t rsa -b 4096 -N "" -f client
mv client $out/openssh.priv
mv client.pub $out/openssh.pub
ssh-keygen -q -t ed25519 -N "" -f $out/ssh_host_ed25519_key
ssh-keygen -q -t ed25519 -N "" -f $out/id_ed25519
''
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
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-----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBVxf7fZiqKDblHFEDxt6X9/rTjBXSn/re6b46S7/e9/ nixbld@localhost
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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