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Jim Jackson [jj at franjam.org.uk]


Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:04:19 +0000 (GMT)

Hi gang,

I've just read Don's article and think there is a sshd_config option omitted. Surely in section 9 one needs

PasswordAuthentication no

as well? Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in.

cheers Jim


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Fri, 7 Jan 2011 19:33:24 -0500

On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:04:19PM +0000, Jim Jackson wrote:

> 
> Hi gang,
> 
> I've just read Don's article and think there is a sshd_config option 
> omitted. Surely in section 9 one needs
> 
>   PasswordAuthentication no
> 
> as well?

That sounds exactly right, according to how the article describes it working. In fact, many sysadmins turn password-based authentication off in their initial setup these days; given the power of the average computer these days, passwords are just not that great of a security measure anymore.

> Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in.
                                                          ^^^^^^^^

Amazing. It seems that there are over 16k hits on Google for that non-word. :)

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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Jim Jackson [jj at franjam.org.uk]


Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:30:19 +0000 (GMT)

On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Ben Okopnik wrote:

> > Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in.
> 
> Amazing. It seems that there are over 16k hits on Google for that
> non-word. :)

Ouch, did I write that?

Blush. Jim


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:45:50 -0500

On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 02:30:19PM +0000, Jim Jackson wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> 
> > > Enabling PubkeyAuthentication just adds an extra way of logining in.
> > 
> > Amazing. It seems that there are over 16k hits on Google for that
> > non-word. :)
> 
> Ouch, did I write that?
> 
> Blush.

[grin] I've written some... amazing, on re-reading... stuff over the years that I couldn't possibly have thought if my brain was actually awake and present - so I always take this kind of mistakes in that spirit. In fact, I slip far too easily into free word association; this makes driving down the street and passing a large number of shop signs a highly amusing experience, but it's not so much fun if I let my mind drift for even a moment while I'm writing.

You can always be grateful that it wasn't worse, though (viz., Allen Zaruba - http://x.co/LhFn)... Oh, and remember - "A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing and you say your mother." :)

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Sat, 8 Jan 2011 21:25:29 -0500

On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 03:57:11PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > [grin] I've written some... amazing, on re-reading... stuff over the
> > years that I couldn't possibly have thought if my brain was actually
> > awake and present - so I always take this kind of mistakes in that
> > spirit. In fact, I slip far too easily into free word association; this
> > makes driving down the street and passing a large number of shop signs a
>                                                               ^^^^
> I bet you meant "stop". <LOL hee haa hee ... ho hee haa>

Hate to tell you, Chris, but - no. I meant "shop signs" - like "Dollar General", which my mind quickly turns into "Dirty Genitals". It's amazing what a bit of Spoonerism, sound-alike matching, letter-swapping, or one-off substitution can produce.

(Some signs don't even need an active imagination or a visual filter; some time ago, I saw a shop called 'Hatem shoes'. Really. Kinda annoying that they took away the opportunity to make it funny. :)

What sort of thing would you imagine that I'd see in stop signs? That would be really odd.

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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Chris Bannister [mockingbird at earthlight.co.nz]


Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:57:11 +1300

On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:

> [grin] I've written some... amazing, on re-reading... stuff over the
> years that I couldn't possibly have thought if my brain was actually
> awake and present - so I always take this kind of mistakes in that
> spirit. In fact, I slip far too easily into free word association; this
> makes driving down the street and passing a large number of shop signs a
^^^^ I bet you meant "stop". <LOL hee haa hee ... ho hee haa>

> highly amusing experience, but it's not so much fun if I let my mind
> drift for even a moment while I'm writing.
> 
> You can always be grateful that it wasn't worse, though (viz., Allen
> Zaruba - http://x.co/LhFn)... Oh, and remember - "A Freudian slip is
> when you mean one thing and you say your mother." :)

see above.

-- 
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."
   -- Napoleon Bonaparte


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Jason Wigg [jw5801 at gmail.com]


Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:23:27 +1000

On 9 January 2011 12:25, Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:

> What sort of thing would you imagine that I'd see in stop signs? That
> would be really odd.
>

Stop, collaborate and listen? Or Stop, Hammertime?


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Ben Okopnik [ben at linuxgazette.net]


Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:00:03 -0500

On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 03:23:27PM +1000, Jason Wigg wrote:

> On 9 January 2011 12:25, Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:
> > What sort of thing would you imagine that I'd see in stop signs? That
> > would be really odd.
> 
> Stop, collaborate and listen? Or Stop, Hammertime?

Nah. Hate stop signs, actually; I sit there and wait, and wait, and wait, and the damn things never change to "Go". I always end up sneaking past'em... :)

-- 
* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *


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