Re: OpenSSH ssh-keygen and non-empty passphrase

From: Per Hedeland (per_at_hedeland.org)
Date: 05/28/05

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    In article <1117203120.221597.97250@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
    bnies@bluewin.ch writes:
    >Thanks. But from security view I would prefer a solution that does not
    >write the passphrase to a temporary file. This can also be triggered
    >like the commandline argument.

    Please don't insult me, but read the script again, or ask someone to
    explain it to you. Of course it doesn't write the passphrase to a file.

    --Per Hedeland
    per@hedeland.org

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