Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 20:00:57 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: John Indra <john@office.naver.co.id> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is ssh-agent and ssh-add? Message-ID: <20010205200057.B82933@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <20010206093155.B11011@office.naver.co.id>; from john@office.naver.co.id on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 09:31:55AM %2B0700 References: <20010206093155.B11011@office.naver.co.id>
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--OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 09:31:55AM +0700, John Indra wrote: > Hello folks... >=20 > The subject says it all. Can anyobody tell me the function of that 2 > programs? > I have read OpenSSH manpages, but I can't seem to find examples of those 2 > programs usage. They let you cache your SSH credentials locally and forward them on to other systems you connect to, so you don't have to type your passphrase more than once. Be careful when using agent forwarding to connect to an untrusted system, as you are essentially handing over a decrypted copy of your RSA key to the remote system, and it can use it to impersonate you on other systems where that key has access. Kris --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6f3b5Wry0BWjoQKURAqjVAKDi22LKgOh7fCvMvwIB/Wkz3+yf1gCcDwhT flYXualPhttZzbCeUYs/jL4= =3v4l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OwLcNYc0lM97+oe1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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