Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 22:28:13 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: tayers@bridge.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Understanding SSH Message-ID: <14883.13405.7114.490009@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <14108128@toto.iv>
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tayers@bridge.com types: > I'm still looking for the what/why of the passphrase. I assume it is > additional security, but haven't seen that printed anywhere. It's in the ssh-keygen man page: [the] passphrase will be used to encrypt the private part of [the identity] file using 3DES. I'd say you used a passphrase on goats and if you don't trust root not to abuse the ability of reading the secret key. <mike -- Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for rates. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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