Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:49:13 +1300 From: "Juha Saarinen" <juhasaarinen@gmail.com> To: "Jeff MacDonald" <bignose@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: a simple questions about sshd and PasswordAuthentication Message-ID: <b34be8420610241949j3b7565d6r4742b30422a39369@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f17daf040610241940g7daa4552xb62f84fd4061607a@mail.gmail.com> References: <f17daf040610241940g7daa4552xb62f84fd4061607a@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/25/06, Jeff MacDonald <bignose@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there anything inherintaly dangerous or wrong about enabling > PasswordAuthentication in sshd_config ? > > I understand how public keys are better and everything else. And I do > use them. I'm just curious. Probably not, if you have strong passwords and sensible management policies. That said, PasswordAuthentication attracts the brute-force crackers like flies to rotting meat, so... -- Juha http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha
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