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Modified: openssh-key-management-p1.xml |
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Log: |
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#278968 Paragraph from original article was missing |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.4 xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml?rev=1.4&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml?r1=1.3&r2=1.4 |
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Index: openssh-key-management-p1.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.3 |
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retrieving revision 1.4 |
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diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 |
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--- openssh-key-management-p1.xml 9 Oct 2005 17:13:23 -0000 1.3 |
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+++ openssh-key-management-p1.xml 21 Aug 2009 16:19:26 -0000 1.4 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml,v 1.3 2005/10/09 17:13:23 rane Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml,v 1.4 2009/08/21 16:19:26 neysx Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<guide link="/doc/en/articles/openssh-key-management-p1.xml" disclaimer="articles"> |
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+<guide disclaimer="articles"> |
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<title>OpenSSH key management, Part 1</title> |
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<author title="Author"> |
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- <mail link="drobbins@g.o">Daniel Robbins</mail> |
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+ <mail link="drobbins"/> |
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</author> |
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<!-- xmlified by Max Lorenz (anarchyisgoodforthee@×××××.com) --> |
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document is an updated version of the original article, and contains |
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various improvements made by the Gentoo Linux Documentation team --> |
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-<version>1.1</version> |
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+<version>1.2</version> |
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<date>2005-10-09</date> |
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<chapter> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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+Here's where people are often mislead into a quick compromise. A lot of the |
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+time, people will create unencrypted private keys just so that they don't need |
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+to type in a password. That way, they simply type in the ssh command, and |
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+they're immediately authenticated via RSA (or DSA) and logged in. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Logging in with passphrase"> |
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+$ <i>ssh drobbins@remotebox</i> |
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+Last login: Thu Jun 28 20:28:47 2001 from localbox.gentoo.org |
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+ |
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+Welcome to remotebox! |
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+ |
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+$ |
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+</pre> |
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+<p> |
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However, while this is convenient, you shouldn't use this approach without |
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fully understanding its security impact. With an unencrypted private key, if |
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anyone ever hacks into <e>localbox</e>, they'll also get automatic access to |
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