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James Harlow wrote: |
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> On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 02:40:16PM -0600, Matthew Kennedy wrote: |
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> > I hope you people not only begin to use SSH key authentication, but |
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> > that you also use key authentication with a well chosen pass-phrase to |
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> > protect your private keys. |
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> A good site resource for the creation of secure passphrases is |
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> http://diceware.com/ |
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There's also makepasswd, in the app-admin/makepasswd package. It |
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creates passWORDs, not passPHRASEs, but the amount of randomness |
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should be equivalent if you use at least 12 chars. |
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Bob Miller K<bob> |
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kbobsoft software consulting |
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http://kbobsoft.com kbob@××××××××××.com |
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