[CentOS] ultrasecure sshd server

Ljubomir Ljubojevic office at plnet.rs
Fri Jun 10 08:35:56 UTC 2011


Robert Spangler wrote:
> On Thursday 09 June 2011 17:34, the following was written:
> 
>>  How to configure sshd to required both ssh public key and user
>>  password also? yes, stupid, but required on my setup..
> 
> Have you thought about securing your ssh keys with a pasword? I do that here 
> so if someone would happen to get a hold of my keys they still could not use 
> them.  I am guessing that is why you are looking for both keys and passwords.
> 
> 
Not really. My view is so he can authenticate from his own PC without 
the need to type the password, but if he is on someone else's system he 
whould use regular password. That is what I would like to be able to do.

Ljubomir



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