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Re: [Full-disclosure] stealing ssh keys



On 23/10/2012 16:07, Daniel Sichel wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody:
>>       environment is A is hacker client? B is target and C is Manager

>> center and C have all A and B private key.

WTF! Why would anyone C or B or even A give out a PRIVATE key.
Does no one RTFM - you never ever give out your private key
and you protect it to heck and back.

>>       C are open 80,22. And this is http's 403 state on the C.
>>       I have A's root,how to steal private key On the C. Are there have
>> some vuln with openssh.
>>       Is there some impossible which C login in to the A and B when A and B
>> let C run some bash.
>
>
> OK, I am a total n00b here but I do not see how having an ssl connection 
> would help reveal an SSH key.  Our organization generates our root certs 
> separate from, and unrelated to SSH keys.. I do not see how SSL access in and 
> of itself, helps get at SSH keys, If it does, let me know, I bank at Chase 
> and that would be darn handy to know (believe me, they have it coming)!

This is full disclosure not "help a student do his homework".
My advice: give him a very blatantly stupid answer - let him get "null 
points" from teacher :-)

Jacqui


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