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Re: OTP (opie) and ssh



* Carlos Carvalho 

| I don't see the point of using ssh with otp. They are different
| methods to achieve the same goal, and are redundant.

No they are not.  Unless you are using RSA/DSA authentication, your
password goes over the wire.  Encrypted, yes, but the server knows
your password.  And, if you for some reason are on a public terminal,
do _you_ trust the client?  I wouldn't.

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Tollef Fog Heen
Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.



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