On Apr 14, 2005, at 1:11 PM, McKown, John wrote:
Just for grins and giggles, I created an SSH private key/public key pair. I can now use PuTTY to logon to Linux without using my Linux password. Instead, I must use a "Passphrase". What have I gained? I did replace my password with a passphrase, but how is that more secure?
Unix passwords are traditionally limited to 8 characters. No such restriction exists on passphrase length. Mine is somewhere in the 40 or 50 character range, I believe. Very, very difficult to brute-force.
Adam
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