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Re: Not allow users to change passwd

To: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Not allow users to change passwd
From: David Terrell <dbt@meat.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 04:02:13 -0700
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References: <19990915103730.B14264@office.knowledge.com> <Pine.BSO.4.10.9909151209440.19386-100000@bearclaw.bogus.net>

sshd never sees the remote prive key -- it just knows if it passed the 
challenge.  This protects the private key against corrupted servers.

On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 12:10:17PM +0200, Tor Houghton wrote:
> 
> Speaking of SSH & keys, is there a way to make sure that a key has a
> passphrase? (Or do I need to hack sshd to do this?)

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