On Fri 06 May 2011 at 04:51:16 -0700, cac...@quantum-sci.com wrote: > On Friday 6 May, 2011 02:13:52 Brian wrote: > > A strong password is no less secure in brute force terms than a key so > > there is no reason to disallow it on those grounds. You can also be sure > > you have never left it at home or elsewhere. > > What you're missing is the difference between someone trying to hack from the > client machine... and a remote script trying to brute-force your server. Big > difference.
No I'm not. But please explain the difference, bearing in mind the complete ineffectiveness of remote scripts and the length of time needed to guess even a 15 character password. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110506121523.GM13057@desktop
