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First of all we will install the open source Google Authenticator PAM module by executing the following command on the shell.

# yum install google-authenticator
# google-authenticator

The next step is to change some files which we will start by first changing /etc/pam.d/sshd. Add the following line to the top:

auth required pam_google_authenticator.so

auth required pam_google_authenticator.so
auth required pam_sepermit.so
auth include password-auth
account required pam_nologin.so
account include password-auth
password include password-auth
# pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule
session required pam_selinux.so close
session required pam_loginuid.so
# pam_selinux.so open should only be followed by sessions to be executed in the user context
session required pam_selinux.so open env_params
session required pam_namespace.so
session optional pam_keyinit.so force revoke
session include password-auth

Additional you could also add folowing line. This makes it possible to logon localy without verify code:

auth [success=1 default=ignore] pam_access.so accessfile=/etc/security/access-local.conf

Contect of /etc/security/access-local.conf:

# Google Authenticator can be skipped on local network
+ : ALL : 192.168.1.0/24
+ : ALL : LOCAL
- : ALL : ALL

Change the next file which is /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Add the following line in the file and if its already placed then change the parameter to “yes”:

ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes

Now restart the service of ssh by the following command:

# service sshd restart

Tags: Linux, Security by Bert Zefat
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Disable GSSAPI Authentication

To disable GSSAPI authentication on an SSH server, look for “GSSAPIAuthentication” in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, and edit it or add the line as follows.

$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# add this line

GSSAPIAuthentication no

Then restart SSH server:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart (Debian, Ubuntu or Linux Mint)
$ sudo systemctl restart sshd (Fedora)
$ sudo service sshd restart (CentOS or RHEL)

Disable Reverse DNS Lookup

To disable reverse DNS lookups on an SSH server, edit SSH server configuration as follows.

$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

# add this line

UseDNS no

Then restart SSH server:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart (Debian, Ubuntu or Linux Mint)
$ sudo systemctl restart sshd (Fedora)
$ sudo service sshd restart (CentOS or RHEL)

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