[Nottingham] Ouch (ssh keys)

[Jason Irwin]

On 25/01/13 15:36, Rory Holland wrote:
> They'd still need to crack a 2048 or 4096-bit RSA key though, even with
> access to your id_rsa. As long as you have a secure passphrase you could
> tattoo your private key on your face and it wouldn't matter.
I put it to you that the kind of person who uploads their private key to 
github (or "the cloud" or whatever) is the kind of person who didn't set 
a passphrase or uses a simple dictionary word.  Assuming these are test 
key, of course.

The idea of having an SSH key tattoo is amusing.  Maybe as a QR code to 
be super-l33t?

J.