On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 18:29 -0800, rme wrote:
> why is public key auth better than userid and password?

Fundamental security.
If done properly, it is not subject to replay attacks.
With userid/password, once you snoop it, you can use it forever.

And implemented properly, it is no more work for the user.


-- 
Pat
http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html


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