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SFTP Server Security Policy

CFT strongly recommends the following security cipher policy configurations for SFTP connection.

SSH ciphers

SSH ciphers
aes128-ctr
aes192-ctr
aes256-ctr
aes128-gcm@openssh.com
aes256-gcm@openssh.com

KEXs

KEXs
ecdh-sha2-nistp256
ecdh-sha2-nistp384
ecdh-sha2-nistp521
diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
diffie-hellman-group16-sha512
diffie-hellman-group18-sha512
diffie-hellman-group14-sha256

MACs

MACs
umac-128-etm@openssh.com
hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com
hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com
umac-128@openssh.com
hmac-sha2-256
hmac-sha2-512

Known Issue
Users connecting from GSIB or Comet machines may encounter a Corrupted MAC on input error when using these MAC algorithms:

umac-128@openssh.com
umac-128-etm@openssh.com

Resolution
If you encounter this error, please reconnect using one of the other supported MAC algorithms. For example:sftp -o MACs=hmac-sha2-256 sftp.in.cft.stack.gov.sg

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