Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:13:26 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password security Message-ID: <20020618230452.X74293-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <3D103A8A.2000503@pittgoth.com>
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Hi Tom, Tom Rhodes wrote to Ryan Thompson: > Ryan, > > Did you know that ssh supports keys? Yes. :-) The basic problem with public/private key encryption is the security and installation of the private key. I don't expect users to be able to properly secure their private key on insecure systems. > The method described above would also be wonderful to keep users > from accessing the system outside the workplace. Which is one of the main reasons it won't work, given that a fair percentage of our staff access the system from outside the workplace, :-) Thanks, - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901 1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-3630 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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