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From: Matthew Kennedy <mkennedy@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] disabling password authentication on dev.gentoo.org
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 20:45:17
Message-Id: 874qwj9cnj.fsf@killr.ath.cx
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] disabling password authentication on dev.gentoo.org by Lisa Seelye
1 Lisa Seelye <lisa@g.o> writes:
2
3 > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 09:45, Ian Leitch wrote:
4 >> On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 16:14, Alex Veber wrote:
5 >>
6 >> > I am not sure its a good Idea, I work on Gentoo from home and from school
7 >> > uploading and downloading files all the time, the computers at school are
8 >> > public and I can't put my key in there (If I forget to logout or something).
9 >>
10 >> You could ssh to home, then ssh to dev... if its not too much trouble.
11 >
12 > That's what I do. And I've gotten so good at typing my "strong"
13 > password I can do it even with people watching and they won't get it. ;)
14
15 [...]
16
17 I hope you people not only begin to use SSH key authentication, but
18 that you also use key authentication with a well chosen pass-phrase to
19 protect your private keys.
20
21 Matt
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24 Matthew Kennedy
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Re: [gentoo-dev] disabling password authentication on dev.gentoo.org James Harlow <james@××××××××××××××.nu>