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 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
