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On Thu, 11 Sep 2014, Charles Swiger wrote:

> If you want to improve security, however, either 2-factor auth or OPIE / 
> one-time passwords would be better than SSH key+passphrase.


Ok, thanks - but SSH key+passphrase is still much better than just plain 
old password, yes ?