ssh: Add max_session parameter to ssh:daemon

4 files changed, 111 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
index 7fbd70c87e..5a141ced3c 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
+++ b/lib/ssh/doc/src/ssh.xml
@@ -307,18 +307,31 @@
 
 	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{negotiation_timeout, integer()}]]></c></tag>
 	  <item>
-	    <p>Max time in milliseconds for the authentication negotiation.  The default value is 2 minutes.
+	    <p>Max time in milliseconds for the authentication negotiation.  The default value is 2 minutes. If the client fails to login within this time, the connection is closed.
+	    </p>
+	  </item>
+
+	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{max_sessions, pos_integer()}]]></c></tag>
+	  <item>
+	    <p>The maximum number of simultaneous sessions that are accepted at any time for this daemon.  This includes sessions that are being authorized.  So if set to <c>N</c>, and <c>N</c> clients have connected but not started the login process, the <c>N+1</c> connection attempt will be aborted.  If <c>N</c> connections are authenticated and still logged in, no more loggins will be accepted until one of the existing ones log out.
+	    </p>
+	    <p>The counter is per listening port, so if two daemons are started, one with <c>{max_sessions,N}</c> and the other with <c>{max_sessions,M}</c> there will be in total <c>N+M</c> connections accepted for the whole ssh application.
+	    </p>
+	    <p>Note that if <c>parallel_login</c> is <c>false</c>, only one client at a time may be in the authentication phase.
+	    </p>
+	    <p>As default, the option is not set. This means that the number is not limited.
 	    </p>
 	  </item>
 
 	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{parallel_login, boolean()}]]></c></tag>
 	  <item>
-	    <p>If set to false (the default value), only one login is handled a time.  If set to true, an unlimited logins will be allowed simultanously. Note that this affects only the connections with authentication in progress, not the already authenticated connections.
+	    <p>If set to false (the default value), only one login is handled a time.  If set to true, an unlimited number of login attempts will be allowed simultanously.
+	    </p>
+	    <p>If the <c>max_sessions</c> option is set to <c>N</c> and <c>parallel_login</c> is set to <c>true</c>, the max number of simultaneous login attempts at any time is limited to <c>N-K</c> where <c>K</c> is the number of authenticated connections present at this daemon.
 	    </p>
 	    <warning>
-	      <p>Do not enable parallel_logins without protecting the server by other means like a firewall. If set to true, there is no protection against dos attacs.</p>
+	      <p>Do not enable <c>parallel_logins</c> without protecting the server by other means, for example the <c>max_sessions</c> option or a firewall configuration. If set to <c>true</c>, there is no protection against DOS attacks.</p>
 	    </warning>
-
 	  </item>
 
 	  <tag><c><![CDATA[{key_cb, atom()}]]></c></tag>
diff --git a/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl b/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl
index de6e8cc421..75081b7a61 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl
+++ b/lib/ssh/src/ssh.erl
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ handle_option([{idle_time, _} = Opt | Rest], SocketOptions, SshOptions) ->
     handle_option(Rest, SocketOptions, [handle_ssh_option(Opt) | SshOptions]);
 handle_option([{rekey_limit, _} = Opt|Rest], SocketOptions, SshOptions) ->
     handle_option(Rest, SocketOptions, [handle_ssh_option(Opt) | SshOptions]);
+handle_option([{max_sessions, _} = Opt|Rest], SocketOptions, SshOptions) ->
+    handle_option(Rest, SocketOptions, [handle_ssh_option(Opt) | SshOptions]);
 handle_option([{negotiation_timeout, _} = Opt|Rest], SocketOptions, SshOptions) ->
     handle_option(Rest, SocketOptions, [handle_ssh_option(Opt) | SshOptions]);
 handle_option([{parallel_login, _} = Opt|Rest], SocketOptions, SshOptions) ->
@@ -366,6 +368,8 @@ handle_ssh_option({pref_public_key_algs, Value} = Opt) when is_list(Value), leng
     end;
 handle_ssh_option({connect_timeout, Value} = Opt) when is_integer(Value); Value == infinity ->
     Opt;
+handle_ssh_option({max_sessions, Value} = Opt) when is_integer(Value), Value>0 ->
+    Opt;
 handle_ssh_option({negotiation_timeout, Value} = Opt) when is_integer(Value); Value == infinity ->
     Opt;
 handle_ssh_option({parallel_login, Value} = Opt) when Value==true ; Value==false ->
diff --git a/lib/ssh/src/ssh_acceptor.erl b/lib/ssh/src/ssh_acceptor.erl
index e57b07cee8..7302196674 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/src/ssh_acceptor.erl
+++ b/lib/ssh/src/ssh_acceptor.erl
@@ -80,18 +80,36 @@ acceptor_loop(Callback, Port, Address, Opts, ListenSocket, AcceptTimeout) ->
 				  ListenSocket, AcceptTimeout)
     end.
 
-handle_connection(_Callback, Address, Port, Options, Socket) ->
+handle_connection(Callback, Address, Port, Options, Socket) ->
     SystemSup = ssh_system_sup:system_supervisor(Address, Port),
-    {ok, SubSysSup} = ssh_system_sup:start_subsystem(SystemSup, Options),
-    ConnectionSup = ssh_subsystem_sup:connection_supervisor(SubSysSup),
-    Timeout = proplists:get_value(negotiation_timeout, 
-				  proplists:get_value(ssh_opts, Options, []),
-				  2*60*1000),
-    ssh_connection_handler:start_connection(server, Socket,
-					    [{supervisors, [{system_sup, SystemSup},
-							    {subsystem_sup, SubSysSup},
-							    {connection_sup, ConnectionSup}]}
-					     | Options], Timeout).
+    SSHopts = proplists:get_value(ssh_opts, Options, []),
+    MaxSessions = proplists:get_value(max_sessions,SSHopts,infinity),
+    case number_of_connections(SystemSup) < MaxSessions of
+	true ->
+	    {ok, SubSysSup} = ssh_system_sup:start_subsystem(SystemSup, Options),
+	    ConnectionSup = ssh_subsystem_sup:connection_supervisor(SubSysSup),
+	    Timeout = proplists:get_value(negotiation_timeout, SSHopts, 2*60*1000),
+	    ssh_connection_handler:start_connection(server, Socket,
+						    [{supervisors, [{system_sup, SystemSup},
+								    {subsystem_sup, SubSysSup},
+								    {connection_sup, ConnectionSup}]}
+						     | Options], Timeout);
+	false ->
+	    Callback:close(Socket),
+	    IPstr = if is_tuple(Address) -> inet:ntoa(Address);
+		     true -> Address
+		  end,
+	    Str = try io_lib:format('~s:~p',[IPstr,Port])
+		  catch _:_ -> "port "++integer_to_list(Port)
+		  end,
+	    error_logger:info_report("Ssh login attempt to "++Str++" denied due to option "
+				     "max_sessions limits to "++ io_lib:write(MaxSessions) ++
+				     " sessions."
+				     ),
+	    {error,max_sessions}
+    end.
+
+
 handle_error(timeout) ->
     ok;
 
@@ -117,3 +135,10 @@ handle_error(Reason) ->
     String = lists:flatten(io_lib:format("Accept error: ~p", [Reason])),
     error_logger:error_report(String),
     exit({accept_failed, String}).    
+
+
+number_of_connections(SystemSup) ->
+    length([X || 
+	       {R,X,supervisor,[ssh_subsystem_sup]} <- supervisor:which_children(SystemSup),
+	       is_reference(R)
+	  ]).
diff --git a/lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl b/lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl
index d2e52379fa..a8b64b1425 100644
--- a/lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/ssh/test/ssh_basic_SUITE.erl
@@ -47,21 +47,26 @@ all() ->
      daemon_already_started,
      server_password_option,
      server_userpassword_option,
-     double_close].
+     double_close,
+     {group, hardening_tests}
+    ].
 
 groups() -> 
     [{dsa_key, [], basic_tests()},
      {rsa_key, [], basic_tests()},
      {dsa_pass_key, [], [pass_phrase]},
      {rsa_pass_key, [], [pass_phrase]},
-     {internal_error, [], [internal_error]}
+     {internal_error, [], [internal_error]},
+     {hardening_tests, [], [max_sessions]}
     ].
 
+
 basic_tests() ->
     [send, close, peername_sockname,
      exec, exec_compressed, shell, cli, known_hosts, 
      idle_time, rekey, openssh_zlib_basic_test].
 
+
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 init_per_suite(Config) ->
     case catch crypto:start() of
@@ -74,6 +79,8 @@ end_per_suite(_Config) ->
     ssh:stop(),
     crypto:stop().
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+init_per_group(hardening_tests, Config) ->
+    init_per_group(dsa_key, Config);
 init_per_group(dsa_key, Config) ->
     DataDir = ?config(data_dir, Config),
     PrivDir = ?config(priv_dir, Config),
@@ -103,6 +110,8 @@ init_per_group(internal_error, Config) ->
 init_per_group(_, Config) ->
     Config.
 
+end_per_group(hardening_tests, Config) ->
+    end_per_group(dsa_key, Config);
 end_per_group(dsa_key, Config) ->
     PrivDir = ?config(priv_dir, Config),
     ssh_test_lib:clean_dsa(PrivDir),
@@ -639,6 +648,49 @@ openssh_zlib_basic_test(Config) ->
     ssh:stop_daemon(Pid).
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+max_sessions(Config) ->
+    SystemDir = filename:join(?config(priv_dir, Config), system),
+    UserDir = ?config(priv_dir, Config),
+    MaxSessions = 2,
+    {Pid, Host, Port} = ssh_test_lib:daemon([{system_dir, SystemDir},
+					     {user_dir, UserDir},
+					     {user_passwords, [{"carni", "meat"}]},
+					     {parallel_login, true},
+					     {max_sessions, MaxSessions}
+					    ]),
+
+    Connect = fun() ->
+		      R=ssh_test_lib:connect(Host, Port, [{silently_accept_hosts, true},
+							  {user_dir, UserDir},
+							  {user_interaction, false},
+							  {user, "carni"},
+							  {password, "meat"}
+							 ]),
+		      ct:log("Connection ~p up",[R])
+	      end,
+
+    try [Connect() || _ <- lists:seq(1,MaxSessions)]
+    of
+	_ ->
+	    ct:pal("Expect Info Report:",[]),
+	    try Connect()
+	    of
+		_ConnectionRef ->
+		    ssh:stop_daemon(Pid),
+		    {fail,"Too many connections accepted"}
+	    catch
+		error:{badmatch,{error,"Connection closed"}} ->
+		    ssh:stop_daemon(Pid),
+		    ok
+	    end
+    catch
+	error:{badmatch,{error,"Connection closed"}} ->
+	    ssh:stop_daemon(Pid),
+	    {fail,"Too few connections accepted"}
+    end.
+
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Internal functions ------------------------------------------------
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------