On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:21:47 CDT, Paul Schmehl said: > Why? Ssh is encrypted, so you're not exposing a password when you login. > How > does public key authentication make you more secure (in a practical sense)? Compare the work effort needed by an attacker to brute-force a password (I mean, c'mon Paul - these ssh woodpeckers wouldn't keep hammering if it didn't work once in a while) with how much woodpecking would be needed to brute-force a key-authenticated login.
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