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[Stevan Tiefert]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jan Christian Meyer wrote:

> > [...] I can not close myself out with a firewall. I need the
> > access to my system over the internet. Am I right that in this case, only
> > a good password is protecting me?
>
> If you have a way of transporting a private key file to wherever you need
> to log in from (removable media, one last password login, whatever is
> secure enough for your satisfaction), you can use public-key cryptography
> and disable password based logins altogether.
>
> Take a look at the man pages of ssh-agent, ssh-add, ssh-keygen, and
> google around a bit - it is not too hard to set up.
>
> Cheers,
>  -Jan Christian
>

Dear Jan :-)

Thanks for this hint!!! That is what I need!!!

With regards
Stevan Tiefert