Hi! Thank you again, this makes the whole SSH keys scheme a lot clearer to me... :)
Kind regards, Anze On Friday 12 of September 2008, Frank Dietrich wrote: > Hi, > > Anze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >First of all, thank you all for the answers, I appreciate it! :) > > Your welcome. :) > > >Besides, if someone breaks into my computer he can > >access those servers if he knows the password or not - he just needs > >to steal my private keys, right? > > On the server is your public key. In this scenario your private keys > resides on your pc where you the only user (as you said). If someone > was able to steal your private key file he still needs the passphrase > to use it. And you should use a scure passphrase. ;-) > > >Anyway, I guess I'll either copy the files to the server or keep on > >typing the passwords (or maybe write them down on the back of the > >keyboard, heh, heh... ;). > > > :-) With private keys you could use a key-agent, which magically type > > the passphrase for you, after you once have typed the passphrase. How > long the agent will remember your passphrase can be defined. It > should be not to short, not to annoying you, and not to long, not to > risk a security hole. > > I'm sure you will take the right solution for you. ;-) > > regards > Frank _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
