Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:54:00 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" <atom.powers@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: <df9ac37c0610241954q7d9d5decya7413dd44fafc5c9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f17daf040610241940g7daa4552xb62f84fd4061607a@mail.gmail.com> References: <f17daf040610241940g7daa4552xb62f84fd4061607a@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/24/06, 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. There are many arguments for and against, but /inherintaly/ they are the same. You are comparing your secret to the secret stored on the server. Keys just tend to be much longer secrets, and are also more difficult to change. -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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