[olug] basic SSH help

William E. Kempf wekempf at cox.net
Wed Mar 19 16:51:51 UTC 2003


David Walker said:
> When you initially run ssh-keygen and it asks for a passphrase just hit
> enter  to create a set of keys with no passphrase.
>
> To remove a passphrase from an existing private key use
> ssh-keygen -pf filename

A key with no passphrase is not very secure.

-- 
William E. Kempf




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