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-rw-r--r--default_options.h6
-rw-r--r--default_options.h.in4
-rw-r--r--dropbear.83
-rw-r--r--runopts.h1
-rw-r--r--svr-auth.c2
-rw-r--r--svr-runopts.c17
6 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/default_options.h b/default_options.h
index e7fad80..84adfab 100644
--- a/default_options.h
+++ b/default_options.h
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ Homedir is prepended unless path begins with / */
#define MAX_AUTH_TRIES 10
#endif
+/* Default maximum number of failed authentication tries.
+ * defaults to MAX_AUTH_TRIES */
+#ifndef DEFAULT_AUTH_TRIES
+#define DEFAULT_AUTH_TRIES MAX_AUTH_TRIES
+#endif
+
/* The default file to store the daemon's process ID, for shutdown
scripts etc. This can be overridden with the -P flag */
#ifndef DROPBEAR_PIDFILE
diff --git a/default_options.h.in b/default_options.h.in
index 3a55731..d4b6b8b 100644
--- a/default_options.h.in
+++ b/default_options.h.in
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ Homedir is prepended unless path begins with / */
/* Maximum number of failed authentication tries (server option) */
#define MAX_AUTH_TRIES 10
+/* Default maximum number of failed authentication tries.
+ * defaults to MAX_AUTH_TRIES */
+#define DEFAULT_AUTH_TRIES MAX_AUTH_TRIES
+
/* The default file to store the daemon's process ID, for shutdown
scripts etc. This can be overridden with the -P flag */
#define DROPBEAR_PIDFILE "/var/run/dropbear.pid"
diff --git a/dropbear.8 b/dropbear.8
index be73372..2d5f32a 100644
--- a/dropbear.8
+++ b/dropbear.8
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ if 0 disables keepalives. If no response is received for 3 consecutive keepalive
.B \-I \fIidle_timeout
Disconnect the session if no traffic is transmitted or received for \fIidle_timeout\fR seconds.
.TP
+.B \-T \fImax_authentication_attempts
+Disconnect the session if number of authentication attempts is exceeded. default is set at compile time to DEFAULT_AUTH_TRIES which itself defaults to MAX_AUTH_TRIES (10)
+.TP
.B \-c \fIforced_command
Disregard the command provided by the user and always run \fIforced_command\fR. This also
overrides any authorized_keys command= option.
diff --git a/runopts.h b/runopts.h
index cecdc22..47c12f0 100644
--- a/runopts.h
+++ b/runopts.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef struct svr_runopts {
int noauthpass;
int norootpass;
int allowblankpass;
+ unsigned int maxauthtries;
#if DROPBEAR_SVR_REMOTETCPFWD
int noremotetcp;
diff --git a/svr-auth.c b/svr-auth.c
index 4dc280c..9636e12 100644
--- a/svr-auth.c
+++ b/svr-auth.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void send_msg_userauth_failure(int partial, int incrfail) {
ses.authstate.failcount++;
}
- if (ses.authstate.failcount >= MAX_AUTH_TRIES) {
+ if (ses.authstate.failcount >= svr_opts.maxauthtries) {
char * userstr;
/* XXX - send disconnect ? */
TRACE(("Max auth tries reached, exiting"))
diff --git a/svr-runopts.c b/svr-runopts.c
index dea4a55..1966f26 100644
--- a/svr-runopts.c
+++ b/svr-runopts.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static void printhelp(const char * progname) {
"-g Disable password logins for root\n"
"-B Allow blank password logins\n"
#endif
+ "-T <1 to %d> Maximum authentication tries (default %d)\n"
#if DROPBEAR_SVR_LOCALTCPFWD
"-j Disable local port forwarding\n"
#endif
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ static void printhelp(const char * progname) {
#if DROPBEAR_ECDSA
ECDSA_PRIV_FILENAME,
#endif
+ MAX_AUTH_TRIES, DEFAULT_AUTH_TRIES,
DROPBEAR_MAX_PORTS, DROPBEAR_DEFPORT, DROPBEAR_PIDFILE,
DEFAULT_RECV_WINDOW, DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE, DEFAULT_IDLE_TIMEOUT);
}
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ void svr_getopts(int argc, char ** argv) {
char* recv_window_arg = NULL;
char* keepalive_arg = NULL;
char* idle_timeout_arg = NULL;
+ char* maxauthtries_arg = NULL;
char* keyfile = NULL;
char c;
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ void svr_getopts(int argc, char ** argv) {
svr_opts.noauthpass = 0;
svr_opts.norootpass = 0;
svr_opts.allowblankpass = 0;
+ svr_opts.maxauthtries = DEFAULT_AUTH_TRIES;
svr_opts.inetdmode = 0;
svr_opts.portcount = 0;
svr_opts.hostkey = NULL;
@@ -235,6 +239,9 @@ void svr_getopts(int argc, char ** argv) {
case 'I':
next = &idle_timeout_arg;
break;
+ case 'T':
+ next = &maxauthtries_arg;
+ break;
#if DROPBEAR_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH || DROPBEAR_SVR_PAM_AUTH
case 's':
svr_opts.noauthpass = 1;
@@ -331,6 +338,16 @@ void svr_getopts(int argc, char ** argv) {
dropbear_exit("Bad recv window '%s'", recv_window_arg);
}
}
+
+ if (maxauthtries_arg) {
+ unsigned int val = 0;
+ if (m_str_to_uint(maxauthtries_arg, &val) == DROPBEAR_FAILURE ||
+ val == 0 || val > MAX_AUTH_TRIES) {
+ dropbear_exit("Bad maxauthtries '%s'", maxauthtries_arg);
+ }
+ svr_opts.maxauthtries = val;
+ }
+
if (keepalive_arg) {
unsigned int val;