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Date:      Thu, 2 Jun 2005 02:50:56 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can't figure out ssh, read lots of docs...
Message-ID:  <20050601235056.GA1597@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
References:  <200506011449.45455.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> <429E0B57.2070701@scls.lib.wi.us> <20050601203839.GH21127@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>

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On 2005-06-01 14:38, Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> wrote:
> The poster is correct in that what you probably what to do is setup
> public-key authentication using ssh, however, I would highly recommend
> that you NOT use a blank passphrase for your private key.  ssh-agent,
> a utility that I think comes standard with the openssh package [...]

My strong agreement about *NOT* using empty passphrases.  Indeed,
ssh-agent comes with OpenSSH and it is a _MUCH_ better way of using
SSH keys with non-empty passphrases.




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