http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/2006/12/public-and-private-keys-over-ssh/ Tech Thoughts, Mostly on LAMP - by Jon Haddad Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:50:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/2006/12/public-and-private-keys-over-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-3151 jon Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:42:52 +0000 http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/index.php/2006/12/16/public-and-private-keys-over-ssh/#comment-3151 Yes. If my laptop is stolen, and my account is broken into, then yes, my server can also be accessed, if I don't create a new pair of keys on it first. My passwords are still secure, however. Yes. If my laptop is stolen, and my account is broken into, then yes, my server can also be accessed, if I don’t create a new pair of keys on it first. My passwords are still secure, however.

]]> http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/2006/12/public-and-private-keys-over-ssh/comment-page-1/#comment-2552 Scott Gale Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:08:43 +0000 http://www.rustyrazorblade.com/index.php/2006/12/16/public-and-private-keys-over-ssh/#comment-2552 Just out of curosity are you using this for automated tasks? Because it seems like it could potentially be pretty insecure depending on how you're setting this up. If you set this up without a passphrase (which is typically done if you are doing automated tasks) then if the client machine is compromised the server will be compromised. Just out of curosity are you using this for automated tasks? Because it seems like it could potentially be pretty insecure depending on how you’re setting this up. If you set this up without a passphrase (which is typically done if you are doing automated tasks) then if the client machine is compromised the server will be compromised.

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