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From: "Juha Saarinen" <juhasaarinen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: a simple questions about sshd and PasswordAuthentication
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On 10/25/06, 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.

Probably not, if you have strong passwords and sensible management
policies. That said, PasswordAuthentication attracts the brute-force
crackers like flies to rotting meat, so...

-- 
Juha
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha