Re: Palm to FreeBSD using ssh

From: Timothy Luoma (lists_at_tntluoma.com)
Date: 08/29/05

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To: "Mark Senior" <Mark.Senior@gov.ab.ca>

    On Aug 29, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Mark Senior wrote:

    > The exchange of data over the network is safe enough against
    > snooping or
    > alteration, (assuming the attacker doesn't know the private key)
    > whether
    > you use an RSA or DSA key.
    >
    > Theft is a different threat though - the type of key doesn't matter
    > then, the strength of the passphrase that's protecting it is what
    > matters. If the private key is stored unencrypted on a palm pilot and
    > someone steals it, then any servers that allow logins with that key
    > are
    > at risk until you can delete the corresponding public keys from your
    > authorized_keys files.

    Ah... ok... let's say, for example, purely hypothetically... assume I
    made a pretty weak pass phrase because I had a heck of a time getting
    it to work at all and by the time it finally did work I was using a
    weak pass phrase.

    Can I now change the phrase or do I need to make a new set of keys, etc?

    TjL

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