Re: [Hampshire] SSH

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Author: Tim Brocklehurst
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] SSH
On Sunday 07 March 2010 21:21:10 Leo wrote:
> Is having whole disk encryption good enough not to have to worry about
> having an ssh passphrase?
>
> Thanks,
> Leo
>


Disk encryption works well against physical theft. Passphrases are dependant
on your requirements (automated access by ssh for example) and how confident
you are about user passwords and access to user accounts (eg. outward facing
SSH server).

Essentially, they protect you in two differrent ways. So... what's the
situation?

Tim B.
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