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   Scott Alfter  wrote:   
   > In article <-FadnQKrpYU-sir4nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,   
   > 68g.1499 <68g.1499@etr6.net> wrote:   
   > >   On install, you CAN select 'pi' as the username and anything   
   > >   you want as the password. It WILL complain - but will do it   
   > >   if you demand. If you change passwords later there's more of   
   > >   a chance it will demand "minimum complexity" (that's deep in   
   > >   the PAM stuff).   
   >   
   > For remote access (to a headless box or otherwise), you should be using   
   > key-based authentication anyway and should disable password authentication   
   > in sshd.   
   >   
   Why specifically?   
      
   One argument against using key based authentication (in my case   
   anyway) is that my home desktop and my laptop (which are the ssh   
   clients) are turned on and logged-into just about all the time. Thus,   
   with the default log-in key used for authentication, all my remote   
   systems would be accessible to someone just walking up to desktop or   
   laptop.   
      
   I *could* generate a separate key for every remote and force it to ask   
   for the key every time I log in but that adds extra hassle every time   
   I add or change a remote system.   
      
   Using the default (ssh password authentication) means that I have no   
   extra configuration required to either default or local system **and**   
   no on can casually walk up to desktop or laptop and get a login to a   
   remote.   
      
   Yes, a key is harder to crack than a password, but a reasonably   
   difficult to guess password is going to take far too long (in the real   
   world) to break.   
      
   --   
   Chris Green   
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