Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:31:10 -0900 From: "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel@mac.com> To: White Hat <pigskin_referee@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using SSL certificates instead of password Message-ID: <45CB6C6E.8000607@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <987025.9761.qm@web34406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <987025.9761.qm@web34406.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2007/02/08 6:07, White Hat seems to have typed: > I am trying to set up one of my servers so that it can > be accessed only by a user with a proper SSL > certificate. I want to disable the use of passwords > completely. > > I cannot seem to locate a good 'How To' regarding > this. In addition, the server, a FreeBSD-6.2 machine, > will be accessed by WinXP machines using Putty. > > Where can I locate some good information on how to set > up such a configuration? See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/openssh.html Section 14.11.6 See also: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sshd_config&sektion=5&manpath=OpenBSD+3.9 Section PubkeyAuthentication Section PasswordAuthentication Its actually pretty easy to setup.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?45CB6C6E.8000607>