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From: Norberto Bensa <nbensa@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Dave Jones <Dave.Jones@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSH login with both key AND password?
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:28:59 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200901080928.59714.nbensa@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <496544CC.5050300@xs4all.nl>

On Wednesday January 7 2009 22:11:56 Dave Jones wrote:
>
> Entering a passphrase encrypts the private part of the key, which you keep
> only on the server. You only need the public part of the key on the client.

Try it the other way: private on the client. Public on the server. 

The private part is what you have: the key.

The public part is what you put on the server: the lock.

You can give the lock to whatever person you want, but only your key will 
unlock it.


Regards,
Norberto




  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-08 11:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-07 23:28 [gentoo-user] SSH login with both key AND password? Paul Hartman
2009-01-07 23:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2009-01-08  0:01   ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-08  0:11     ` Norberto Bensa
2009-01-08  0:25       ` Dave Jones
2009-01-08  0:11 ` [gentoo-user] " Dave Jones
2009-01-08  2:44   ` Shawn Haggett
2009-01-08  4:19     ` [gentoo-user] Problem with resolv.conf Hung Dang
2009-01-08  4:24       ` KH
2009-01-08  4:29         ` Eric Martin
2009-01-08  4:26       ` Eric Martin
2009-01-08  4:47         ` Hung Dang
2009-01-08  9:46           ` Redouane Boumghar
2009-01-08 16:45       ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2009-01-09  3:20         ` Hung Dang
2009-01-08 11:28   ` Norberto Bensa [this message]
2009-01-08 16:57   ` [gentoo-user] SSH login with both key AND password? Paul Hartman
2009-01-08 18:12     ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-08 20:57       ` Paul Hartman
2009-01-08 23:26         ` Eric Martin

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