Re: ssh keys from two behind-the-firewall boxes?
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 07:35:02AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> On 1 Feb 2003, Jean-Marc V. Liotier wrote:
>
> > # On the local host :
> > ssh-keygen -t dsa -f id_dsa
> > # When prompted for a password, just press 'enter'.
> > scp id_dsa.pub username@remote.host.net:~/
>
> I would strongly recommend using a good pass phrase and ssh-agent. If
> someone gets your password less private key then they can have access to
> all the machine you connect to (that have your public key). It's like
> having a plain text file on your local machine with the username and
> password of all the machines you connect to.
at what point are the passphrases required? if passwordless
login/scp is the objective, where are the passphrases used?
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