SSH Security

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:53:56AM -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote:
> > I am not saying not to use key based authentication, but it is not a 
> > cure all.  
> You are correct, there are no magic bullet solutions.  Typically you
> would still use a password/passphrase to use your private key.  Of
> course the same rules apply as to any password, use a good non-trivial
> one that can not be guessed.

And even more so than normal, since anyone with a copy of the key can
attempt to brute-force the passphrase at their leisure.

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