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SSH: passwords or keys?

SSH: passwords or keys?

Posted Jan 17, 2010 18:08 UTC (Sun) by janfrode (subscriber, #244)
In reply to: SSH: passwords or keys? by nix
Parent article: SSH: passwords or keys?

Then I hope you have complete trust in the admins and security of those boxes, as they can easily use your private keys (unless you have the agent prompt you to confirm every auth).


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SSH: passwords or keys?

Posted Jan 17, 2010 22:59 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Well, yes. I administer system A and system B in this scenario, and I
trust myself (but not system C, and agent forwarding is turned off for the
ssh to system C: but it insists on using the agent's keys anyway, even
though I specifically asked it to use a different one using -i.)

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