Re: [Hampshire] The Register: CERT warning about SSH attacks

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Author: Graham Bleach
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] The Register: CERT warning about SSH attacks
2008/8/28 Damian Brasher <lug@???>:
> Nick Chalk wrote:
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/27/ssh_key_attacks_warning/
>>
>> Speculation that this attack is targetting weak
>> keys.
>>
>
> Thanks Nick - I'm now looking at ssh-agent to use as an additional layer
> of security in my day job as well as development.


I don't understand how ssh-agent fixes the problem of weak keys.

G