| Stephen Gran on 28 Feb 2007 13:41:20 -0000 |
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 08:21:35AM -0500, Art Alexion said: > 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? A good passphrase on the key would certainly be a good idea. I am only trying to point out that brute force password attacks are sometimes successful, while I have yet to hear of a successful login from a brute force attack against your private key. If the client machine is really that insecure, you're probably stuffed, but there you are. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | I just got my PRINCE bumper sticker ... | | steve@lobefin.net | But now I can't remember WHO he is ... | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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