Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 12:16:14PM -0500, Christopher R. Jones wrote:
: > My question is... what are the pros/cons of using/not using a
: > passphrase?
:
: only reason to put the passphrase on is if the key sometimes leaves your
: machine to a backup server or if you're worried about physical seizure of
: your machine. In those cases, use ssh-agent on your client.
Note that this is a local-disk-centric view of the world. If home
directories are kept on a central server and accessed via NFS, that's
the same as the "leaves your machine" scenario above.
The use of ssh-agent is orthogonal to whether or not you encrypt your
secret key.
Dworkin
