Passing password in ssh

[Aldo Foot]

On Jan 22, 2008 8:34 AM, Gijs <info at boer-software-en-webservices.nl> wrote:

> Or you can do it the "easy" way. Use public keys without a password on it.
> You won't have to type in any password, so you won't get the popup
> anymore, and it's relatively secure.


I agree. Passwordless SSH keys are _very_ insecure in my opinion.
Just pray that the account owning they keys is not compromised... because
then
the floodgates are opened.
Of course this is a non-issue if your systems are in some private net no
exposed
to outside traffic.

~af
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