Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:09:46 +0000 (UTC) From: John Case <case@SDF.ORG> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: matthew@freebsd.org Subject: Re: comparing SSH key and passphrase auth vs. an SSH key *with* a passphrase ... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1409151907380.5595@faeroes.freeshell.org> In-Reply-To: <08D7B04D-CBBF-4330-BAD6-2668F9560964@mac.com> References: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1409112200270.27915@faeroes.freeshell.org> <08D7B04D-CBBF-4330-BAD6-2668F9560964@mac.com>
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> Key based auth is definitely the better choice out of those two. Ok, agreed. However, just out of curiousity - let's pretend that sshd *did* allow you to use both an SSH key and a UNIX password at the same time ... would that be more or less secure than using an SSH key with a built-in passphrase ? Thanks.
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