Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 13:55:50 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ssh and scp Message-ID: <350FB646.2781E494@wired.ctech.ac.za> References: <350E6BC8.41C67EA6@wired.ctech.ac.za> <19980317130555.37679@mph124.rh.psu.edu> <19980318111124.A13158@asterix.urc.tue.nl> <19980318114401.64487@excite.com>
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Martijn Koster wrote: > > What prevents somebody from storing my public key in his ~/.ssh/identity.pub > > and logging into server as me? > > The fact that only _you_ have your private key (~/.ssh/identity), with > which you essentially prove the corresponding public key is yours. So > guard your private key... Your permission on that file, and sshd will still challenge you with a password. -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" ... so I got BSD Network Administrator | Jacques Hugo UNIX Systems | jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 ------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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