Re: [PLUG] Putty and firewall piercing

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 20:50, Stephen Gran wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:47:16PM -0500, jeff said:
> > What is the (relatively) safest way to access one's home box from the
> > Outside World?  Is SSH safe enough (with nonstandard port and secure
> > password)?
>
> SSH with key based authentication, and disabled password authentication is
> best.  Good passwords are a good runner up, though.

As a practical matter, if the client computer is your employer's or some other 
shared computer, wouldn't a good password be better that keeping your key on 
the insecure client?
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