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Re: Darn skiddies (ssh login attempts)



On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 01:23:09AM -0800, Chris Adams wrote:
Or no passwords - if requiring public key authentication is feasible for a system you can disable password authentication entirely:

I generally consider that to be a horrible idea. Instead of centrally
managed password policies you now have your security entrusted to the
security of all of your user's ssh keys. IME most users aren't really
careful about how they handle those.

Mike Stone



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