Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:40:08 +0100 (CET) From: Stevan Tiefert <stevan@rot-1.de> To: Jan Christian Meyer <janchris@stud.ntnu.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sshd Message-ID: <20050302093911.I23765@mail.rot-1.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503020900500.13458@panter.stud.ntnu.no> References: <20050302075507.P23359@mail.rot-1.de> <20050302074659.GA22958@mccme.ru> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503020900500.13458@panter.stud.ntnu.no>
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jan Christian Meyer wrote: > > [...] I can not close myself out with a firewall. I need the > > access to my system over the internet. Am I right that in this case, only > > a good password is protecting me? > > If you have a way of transporting a private key file to wherever you need > to log in from (removable media, one last password login, whatever is > secure enough for your satisfaction), you can use public-key cryptography > and disable password based logins altogether. > > Take a look at the man pages of ssh-agent, ssh-add, ssh-keygen, and > google around a bit - it is not too hard to set up. > > Cheers, > -Jan Christian > Dear Jan :-) Thanks for this hint!!! That is what I need!!! With regards Stevan Tiefert
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