[Gllug] Restricting ssh public key access

[Tethys]

>Don't forget that if your clients boxes aren't considered "safe",
>password auth is just as dangerous as public key access. i.e. if someone
>can get sufficient access to swipe their private key, they can generally
>snoop the password just as easily :/

True to an extent. However, if the clients are laptops (which they
generally are, in this case), they they're prone to theft. A stolen
laptop with a stored private key will give access to my machines,
whereas if they were forced to use password authentication, they
wouldn't get anywhere.

Tet

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