--- # tasks to enable secure OpenSSH server config - name: "sshd_config - disable weak keys" lineinfile: dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config backrefs=yes line={{ item.line }} regexp={{ item.regexp }} with_items: - { regexp: '^HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key', line: '# HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key' } - { regexp: '^HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key', line: '# HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key' } notify: "restart sshd" - name: "sshd_config - set key bits to 4096" lineinfile: dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config backrefs=yes line='ServerKeyBits 4096' regexp='^ServerKeyBits 1024' state=present notify: "restart sshd" - name: "sshd_config - set secure ciphers from bettercrypto.org" lineinfile: dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config line='Ciphers chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes128-ctr' state=present notify: "restart sshd" - name: "sshd_config - set secure MACs from bettercrypto.org" lineinfile: dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config line='MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-ripemd160' state=present notify: "restart sshd" - name: "sshd_config - set secure kex algos from bettercrypto.org" lineinfile: dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config line='KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1' state=present notify: "restart sshd" - name: "remove short moduli (<2048 bits) from /etc/ssh/moduli" replace: dest=/etc/ssh/moduli regexp='^([0-9]+\s){4}(1[0-9]{3}\s)' notify: "restart sshd"