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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scripted iptables-restore
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:05:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52614028.7090607@libertytrek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52611955.1000407@gmail.com>

On 2013-10-18 7:19 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18/10/2013 12:23, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> On 2013-10-17 10:30 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>>> I apologize.  That is arguably a two factor system.  When you said
>>> "ssh key and password", I "jumped to delusions", assuming that it was a
>>> standard ssh connection with the option of either key or password.
>>
>> Side question...
>>
>> So, wouldn't the simplest two-factor authentication be an SSH key that
>> required a password?

> No, there is no way to verify that a user has enabled a passphrase on an
> ssh key.

No... I mean...

If I create an SSH key that requires a password (ie, not a 'blank' 
password), then when I use this ssh key to connect to the system it was 
created for, and it asks for the password...

This is, as far as I can see, a poor man's 'two-factor' authentication, 
is it not?


  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-18 14:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-03 19:27 [gentoo-user] Where to put advanced routing configuration? Grant Edwards
2013-10-03 20:28 ` Kerin Millar
2013-10-04 16:25   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2013-10-04 21:58   ` [gentoo-user] " Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-04 22:33     ` Dragostin Yanev
2013-10-11  7:18     ` [gentoo-user] " Martin Vaeth
2013-10-13 10:08       ` [gentoo-user] scripted iptables-restore (was: Where to put advanced routing configuration?) Martin Vaeth
2013-10-13 14:14         ` [gentoo-user] scripted iptables-restore Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-13 15:19           ` [gentoo-user] " Martin Vaeth
2013-10-13 16:37             ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-13 20:07               ` Martin Vaeth
2013-10-13 21:45                 ` William Kenworthy
2013-10-14 12:08                   ` Martin Vaeth
2013-10-14 13:27                     ` William Kenworthy
2013-10-13 22:02                 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-14 11:49                   ` Martin Vaeth
2013-10-14 14:26                     ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-14 18:49                       ` Martin Vaeth
2013-10-14 19:17                         ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-14 20:31                           ` Alan McKinnon
2013-10-15  1:06                             ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-14 18:23                 ` Tanstaafl
2013-10-14 18:52                   ` Martin Vaeth
2013-10-14 19:40                     ` Tanstaafl
2013-10-14 20:45                   ` Alan McKinnon
2013-10-16 23:21                     ` Walter Dnes
2013-10-17  6:59                       ` Alan McKinnon
2013-10-18  2:30                         ` Walter Dnes
2013-10-18  4:44                           ` Alan McKinnon
2013-10-18 10:23                           ` Tanstaafl
2013-10-18 11:19                             ` Alan McKinnon
2013-10-18 14:05                               ` Tanstaafl [this message]
2013-10-18 14:33                                 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-10-14  5:54           ` [gentoo-user] " Pandu Poluan
2013-10-14  5:57         ` [gentoo-user] scripted iptables-restore (was: Where to put advanced routing configuration?) Pandu Poluan
2013-10-14 11:52           ` [gentoo-user] " Martin Vaeth
2013-10-13 10:26     ` [gentoo-user] Where to put advanced routing configuration? shawn wilson
2013-10-13 13:53       ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-10-13 13:57       ` [gentoo-user] " Martin Vaeth
2013-10-05 21:01 ` [gentoo-user] " thegeezer
2013-10-06 16:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards

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