[kwlug-disc] SSH hygiene suggestion

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:19 AM Chris Irwin <chris at chrisirwin.ca> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 03:10:51AM -0500, tomg at sentex.ca wrote:
> I can't imagine having to type my ssh key 1000 times a day.
>

Me neither.

Not to mention the tens of scripts that rely on ssh access without having
to type in a passpharse or whatnot.

These would not be possible if there were passphrases on keys.

If you really want to criticize, all of those `cat` calls are not
> required, and his loop could be done with just built-ins.
>

That is what I thought too. The code in its form presented, is by
someone who knows very little about UNIX/Linux shells.

Another thing is the use of Python AND Perl AND Ruby, but that may
be intentional for obfuscation purposes.
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