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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:11:07 +0100
From:      Adam Laurie <adam@algroup.co.uk>
To:        Alex Holst <a@area51.dk>
Cc:        Freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: allow selective RSA AUTH in sshd setup?
Message-ID:  <3B9CF42B.FDBF942A@algroup.co.uk>
References:  <001c01c1385e$d8e43400$f0f2a118@tampabay.rr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10109101235200.46378-100000@federation.addy.com> <20010910180239.B59628@area51.dk>

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Alex Holst wrote:
> 
> Quoting Jim Sander (jim@federation.addy.com):
> >    By default, I bar key-based logins (RSAAuthentication no) so that I
> > don't have to worry about users keeping their ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
> > secure.
> 
> I assume you mean ~/.ssh/identity on the client side? If it's your server,
> you can enforce rules on authorized_keys. I'm somewhat puzzled as RSA keys
> are significantly stronger plain passwords. What do you use for
> authentication? SecurID? CryptoCard?

speaking of which, shouldn't the daily/weekly/monthly security checks
notify if authorized_keys has changed in the same way that it does for a
change of password?

cheers,
Adam
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