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Jim Jackson [jj at franjam.org.uk]
Hi gang,
I've just read Don's article and think there is a sshd_config option omitted. Surely in section 9 one needs
PasswordAuthentication no
as well? Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in.
cheers Jim
Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:04:19PM +0000, Jim Jackson wrote:
> > Hi gang, > > I've just read Don's article and think there is a sshd_config option > omitted. Surely in section 9 one needs > > PasswordAuthentication no > > as well?
That sounds exactly right, according to how the article describes it working. In fact, many sysadmins turn password-based authentication off in their initial setup these days; given the power of the average computer these days, passwords are just not that great of a security measure anymore.
> Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in. ^^^^^^^^Amazing. It seems that there are over 16k hits on Google for that non-word.
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Jim Jackson [jj at franjam.org.uk]
Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:30:19 +0000 (GMT)On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in. > > Amazing. It seems that there are over 16k hits on Google for that > non-word.Ouch, did I write that?
Blush. Jim
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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:45:50 -0500On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 02:30:19PM +0000, Jim Jackson wrote:
> > On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > > > Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in. > > > > Amazing. It seems that there are over 16k hits on Google for that > > non-word.[grin] I've written some... amazing, on re-reading... stuff over the years that I couldn't possibly have thought if my brain was actually awake and present - so I always take this kind of mistakes in that spirit. In fact, I slip far too easily into free word association; this makes driving down the street and passing a large number of shop signs a highly amusing experience, but it's not so much fun if I let my mind drift for even a moment while I'm writing.
You can always be grateful that it wasn't worse, though (viz., Allen Zaruba - http://x.co/LhFn)... Oh, and remember - "A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing and you say your mother."
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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Sat, 8 Jan 2011 21:25:29 -0500On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 03:57:11PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > [grin] I've written some... amazing, on re-reading... stuff over the > > years that I couldn't possibly have thought if my brain was actually > > awake and present - so I always take this kind of mistakes in that > > spirit. In fact, I slip far too easily into free word association; this > > makes driving down the street and passing a large number of shop signs a > ^^^^ > I bet you meant "stop". <LOL hee haa hee ... ho hee haa>Hate to tell you, Chris, but - no. I meant "shop signs" - like "Dollar General", which my mind quickly turns into "Dirty Genitals". It's amazing what a bit of Spoonerism, sound-alike matching, letter-swapping, or one-off substitution can produce.
(Some signs don't even need an active imagination or a visual filter; some time ago, I saw a shop called 'Hatem shoes'. Really. Kinda annoying that they took away the opportunity to make it funny.
What sort of thing would you imagine that I'd see in stop signs? That would be really odd.
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Chris Bannister [mockingbird at earthlight.co.nz]
Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:57:11 +1300On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> [grin] I've written some... amazing, on re-reading... stuff over the > years that I couldn't possibly have thought if my brain was actually > awake and present - so I always take this kind of mistakes in that > spirit. In fact, I slip far too easily into free word association; this > makes driving down the street and passing a large number of shop signs a^^^^ I bet you meant "stop". <LOL hee haa hee ... ho hee haa>> highly amusing experience, but it's not so much fun if I let my mind > drift for even a moment while I'm writing. > > You can always be grateful that it wasn't worse, though (viz., Allen > Zaruba - http://x.co/LhFn)... Oh, and remember - "A Freudian slip is > when you mean one thing and you say your mother."see above.
-- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
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Jason Wigg [jw5801 at gmail.com]
Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:23:27 +1000On 9 January 2011 12:25, Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:
> What sort of thing would you imagine that I'd see in stop signs? That > would be really odd. >Stop, collaborate and listen? Or Stop, Hammertime?
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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]
Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:00:03 -0500On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 03:23:27PM +1000, Jason Wigg wrote:
> On 9 January 2011 12:25, Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote: > > What sort of thing would you imagine that I'd see in stop signs? That > > would be really odd. > > Stop, collaborate and listen? Or Stop, Hammertime?Nah. Hate stop signs, actually; I sit there and wait, and wait, and wait, and the damn things never change to "Go". I always end up sneaking past'em...
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