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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: Gentoo Developers <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] disabling password authentication on dev.gentoo.org
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 03:00:41
Message-Id: 200312012200.40229.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] disabling password authentication on dev.gentoo.org by Luke-Jr
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4 On Monday 01 December 2003 21:51, Luke-Jr wrote:
5 > > Thats a very good question. In this case you'd have to go thru an admin
6 > > for it to work, which would firstly produce a bottleneck, and secondly
7 > > create more oppertunities for a possible security breach I think. The
8 > > initial send of the ssh key would have to be verified as coming from a
9 > > valid source (to stop some social engineering/taking advantage of
10 > > timing).
11 >
12 > DCC the ssh key through IRC or GPG sign an email with it. Not too
13 > complicated. SSH keys are short enough one could simply paste them in a
14 > chat anyway... --
15
16 considering his initial points:
17 (1) admin is bottleneck
18 (2) verifying the key wasnt messed with in transit
19 your solution really doesnt address either ... in fact the irc thing is a
20 *really bad* idea ...
21 after all, dcc/irc is as easy to manipulate as telnet (well even easier :D)
22 - -mike
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