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Chris Green writes:
> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> Chris Green writes:
>>> 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.
>>
>> If an attacker can just walk up to your computer and run commands on it
>> then they will install a keylogger and they will have any passwords you
>> use next time you type them.
>>
> That requires a knowledgeable attacker, just connection to a remote
> doesn't.
It’s a standard part of any attack toolkit. No real knowledge required.
> However this is all quite academic really. It's security the other
> way about (**into** my home system) that really matters.
If you’re not worried about the outbound connections then use keys and
save yourself the hassle of typing in passwords.
--
https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
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