[PLUG] Configuring /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Ken Stephens
kens at cad2cam.com
Sun Feb 8 00:06:52 UTC 2015
Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2015, Russell Senior wrote:
>
>> Uh, no. Your password is still encrypted, not plain text. The reason
>> people prefer keys is that passwords (particularly bad ones) can be
>> brute-forced. If you *can* use passwords, you are just as vulnerable. If
>> you allow passwords, pick good ones, and brute forcing will take a long,
>> long time.
> I'd much prefer to get back to using the DSA public/private keys. It
> should not be as difficult as it's turning out to be.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
Rich,
Since you have setup you keys. Why not use ssh-copy-id and distribute them?
Ken
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