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. | |
| Feb 6, 2014 at 16:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 6, 2014 at 16:31 | history | answered | mikebabcock | CC BY-SA 3.0 |