On 02.12.2003 Alex Veber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Some folks in the meeting today suggesting disabling password auth on
> > dev.gentoo.org and requiring ssh key authentication for all *.gentoo.org
> > servers. Everyone present at the time supported the idea, so I'm posting it
> > here for comment.  Unless there is quite a bit of opposition from a
> > majority of the development team, this feature will go into effect no later
> > than the end of the week (Dec. 05) and possibly as soon as Wednesday (Dec.
> > 03)
> 
> I am not sure its a good Idea, I work on Gentoo from home and from school 
> uploading and downloading files all the time, the computers at school are 
> public and I can't put my key in there (If I forget to logout or something).

If you're going to trust a public school computer with your password in
the first place, you might just as well put your key there too. However,
should you trust a public school computer with your gentoo access at
all?

-- hhg

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