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Timeline for SSH password vs. key authentication

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Feb 8, 2014 at 4:33 comment added mikebabcock My very last point is the only benefit I know of to passwords, and thus my answer; I felt the need to post the counter-point as well for the sake of those who read answers here as good reasons to not use keyed connections.
Feb 7, 2014 at 7:29 comment added Jan Hudec That's all the advantages of private keys that I know. But I was curious why someone might elect to not use them and use passwords (autogenerated ones that everybody is guaranteed to write down somewhere) instead.
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Feb 6, 2014 at 16:31 history answered mikebabcock CC BY-SA 3.0