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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>

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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.



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