[kwlug-disc] SSH hygiene suggestion

[Paul Nijjar]

On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 11:26:38AM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> 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.

This is your irregularly-scheduled reminder that if you need
passphrase-less keys for scripts, you can lock down the ways those
keys are used: 

http://pnijjar.freeshell.org/2015/lock-rsync/

- Paul

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