David Corking wrote:

>>You can also allow root ssh from localhost 
>>only, adding a tiny bit more security still by not su-ing but ssh-ing to 
>>root.
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>Never thought of this -- good stuff.  Will using ssh-agent instead of
>typing ssh passphrase into the remote server hinder attackers ??
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I don't think so - ssh-agent is useful on your actual workstation, when
you have to do regular logins - it caches the passphrase without the
need to save it in a file somewhere. As you probably won't be doing
multiple root logins from a single ssh-session, the usefulness is almost
zero.

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