How can I make sshd lie about it's accepted authentication methods?

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Posted by ub3r, 05-16-2008, 06:59 AM
With my sshd installation, I have password authentication disabled, and only accept key-based auth. What I want to do is, make sshd lie about it's accepted authentication methods, or even make up a few to confuse anyone who's trying to connect. For example, [root@vps2 ~]# ssh hah.cx Permission denied (publickey). I'd like to make it show something like, [root@vps2 ~]# ssh hah.cx Permission denied (publickey,lol,idiot). Anybody have any idea as to how this can be accomplished?
Posted by PeHe, 05-16-2008, 07:17 AM
Download source, edit it, compile again and reboot sshd. Can't be that hard.
Posted by plumsauce, 05-16-2008, 07:20 AM
Yep, if you want silly features, you're gonna have to work for it. Of course, you could always do a binary patch.
Posted by Jeremy, 05-16-2008, 09:35 AM
haha yea that can only be changed via the source, happy trails allot of grepings i see in your future.

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