Update README.md

Added more info about the `details` and `interactive` fields to logging section.

README.md

@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ Things to note:
     * `Session summary`
     * `SSH connection closed`
 * Several of these message types also feature a `details` field with additional information
-    * `User input` messages contain a base64-encoded copy of the entire user input
+    * `User input` messages contain a base64-encoded copy of the entire user input in the `details` field, as well as an `interactive` field (true/false) that tells you whether this was an interactive or non-interactive command (i.e., whether they logged in with a terminal session or provided a command on the SSH command-line).
-    * `LLM response` messages contain a base64-encoded copy of the entire simulated response
+    * `LLM response` messages contain a base64-encoded copy of the entire simulated response in the `details` field.
     * `Session summary` messages contain not only a summary of the commands, but also a guess as to what they might have been intended to accomplish. There will also be a `judgement` field that contains one of "BENIGN", "SUSPICIOUS", or "MALICIOUS"
 * Since this is a honeypot and not intended for use by real users, IT WILL LOG USERNAMES AND PASSWORDS! These are found in the `Authentication success` messages, in the `username` and `password` fields.
 
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ Things to note:
 Contributions are welcome! Please submit pull requests or open issues to discuss any changes or improvements.
 
 ### License
-This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
+This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

SSH/config.ini.TEMPLATE

@@ -75,9 +75,12 @@ system_prompt = Interpret all inputs as though they were SSH commands and provid
 # The valid user accounts and passwords for the SSH server, in the
 # form "username = password".  Note that you can enable login without 
 # a password by leaving that field blank (e.g., "guest =" on a line by
-# itself)
+# itself). You can set an account to accept ANY password, including an empty
+# password, by setting the password to "*"
 [user_accounts]
 guest = 
 user1 = secretpw
 user2 = password123
+root = *
+
 

SSH/ssh_server.py

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class MySSHServer(asyncssh.SSHServer):
     def validate_password(self, username: str, password: str) -> bool:
         pw = accounts.get(username, '*')
         
-        if ((pw != '*') and (password == pw)):
+        if pw == '*' or (pw != '*' and password == pw):
             logger.info("Authentication success", extra={"username": username, "password": password})
             return True
         else: