Sudev Barar wrote:
I have the private key backed up on a desktop computer. The pass phrase was generated with a high quality pseudo-random number generator using 20 characters consisting of letters, numbers and symbols. The key strength is 4096 and is rsa.2008/6/10 Nathaniel Homier <nathaniel.homier@bresnan.net>:Yep, I got my key based auth working great now. I also took the time to disable all other auth. Did "/etc/init.d/ssh restart" and checked again and all is well. I carry my public and private key on my thumb drive and the private key is protected with a passphrase.Whoops .. do not carry your private key around. No. Keep it somewhere only you can access and rsik of loosing it is zilch - almost.