Re: Is this normal?

From: Callan K L Tham (miburo_at_singnet.com.sg)
Date: 10/23/04

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    Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:51:41 +0800
To: Erlend Lorentzen <er-lore@online.no>

    In addition to all the tips mentioned, you should also consider using public
    keys for authentication instead of passwords. Take a look at this SF article
    for more detail:

    http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1806

    Callan 

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