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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

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