Enable secure SSH algorithms for Key Exchange, MAC, and Cipher - items supported by wodSSH but not by Solarwinds

I contacted SolarWinds about this and opened a support case(below). After the "Feature Request" was "created" the support case was closed without any communication to me about my issue or stats moving forward.  I have also been unable to FIND this supposed "Feature Request" that was created for me. Thank you for contacting SolarWinds Support.

I have submitted this feature request to our development team as requested:
CUST-95445
to include a cipher of
ecdsa-sha2-nistp521

We value your opinion as a customer and without you we wouldn’t have such strong features in our products. The development teams look very closely at each one to determine viability and will decide on the timeline of the release (if they decide to implement the feature). We cannot deliver timeframes or release dates for all feature requests.

You may also post your request to the Thwack forum for the SolarWinds product you wish to see improved.

Support for SSH - host key algorithm ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 - Feature Requests - Network Configuration Manager (NCM) - THWACK (solarwinds.com)

Thwack Feature Request forums are here: thwack.solarwinds.com/.../feature-request_tht.
Create a post titled “FEATURE REQUEST - Name of the Feature Request” and detail your request including the case number. These forums are monitored by our Product Managers. This will allow other customers to voice their opinions as to whether they would find the feature useful.

You may find "What we are working on" interesting:
thwack.solarwinds.com/.../43025

"How To Create Ideas and Feature Requests"
thwack.solarwinds.com/.../DOC-167238

"Ideation Process & FAQ"
thwack.solarwinds.com/.../DOC-167239

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Regards,

Kim Do

Senior SolarWinds Technical Support
My Working Hours: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm MDT Monday to Friday

--------------- Original Message ---------------
From: MENNINGEN, JASON A CTR USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HBMSS [jason.menningen.1.ctr@us.af.mil]
Sent: 12/1/2022 9:52 AM
To: technicalsupport@solarwinds.com
Subject: RE: [URL Verdict: Neutral][Non-DoD Source] Case # - 01229955 Our Network Infrastructure devices are being mandated to use ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 HostKeyAlgorithms for ssh. This has disabled our ability to use NCM to manage our devices. [ ref:_00D506e2N._5002

Hello Kim,

Yes Please submit a feature request on our behalf. And if possible, could you respond with a description of that process? To my understanding more of our Infrastructure devices will soon be required to use this ssh Key Algorithm in the future. Plus while looking for an answer prior to the ticket in both google and THWACK, there are a lot of customers out there experiencing the same limitation we are.

Jason Menningen
Network Engineer
USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HBMSS Network Support
General Dynamics Information Technology
475 Regency Park, Suite 300, O'Fallon, IL 62229
Phone#: (618) 256-3624
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Cell#: (618) 580-2361
NIPR Email: jason.menningen.1.ctr@us.af.mil
SIPR Email: jason.a.menningen.ctr@mail.smil.mil



From: noreply@salesforce.com <noreply@salesforce.com> On Behalf Of Support Team - Technical Support Address
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 6:55 PM
To: MENNINGEN, JASON A CTR USAF AFMC AFLCMC/HBMSS <jason.menningen.1.ctr@us.af.mil>
Subject: [URL Verdict: Neutral][Non-DoD Source] Case # - 01229955 Our Network Infrastructure devices are being mandated to use ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 HostKeyAlgorithms for ssh. This has disabled our ability to use NCM to manage our devices. [ ref:_00D506e2N._5002J...

Hello, Jason

This is Kim with SolarWinds.

I can definitely see why we wanted to use ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 cipher as it is more secure compared to what NCM defaulted to.

This is the currently supported Cipher for SolarWinds: Supported algorithms and cipher for NPM and NCM for Orion SSH (solarwinds.com)

If we can not use any other than ecdsa-sha2-nistp521, then I will be more than happy to submit a feature request for you.

Regards,

Kim Do

Senior SolarWinds Technical Support
My Working Hours: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm MDT Monday to Friday

--------------- Original Message ---------------
From: Jason Menningen [jason.menningen.1.ctr@us.af.mil]
Sent: 11/30/2022 9:34 AM
To:
Subject: CREATE

I need a way to add the ssh ecdsa-sha2-nistp521 HostKeyAlgorithms to manage our devices. We are running SolarWinds Platform, NTA, NCM, NPM: 2022.3.0

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