begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 12:32:19PM -0800: > [snip] > When I say "Comments?" that means I'm not sure I know what I'm talking > about and I want to be educated. Hm. Don't think I'm terribly good at educating you. Mostly I just see tradeoffs... and you already know TANSTAAFL.
> I carry putty and a file with my home IP addr on my flash on my keyring > (real keys). I got the idea from the list -- one of the Allens IIRC. Many > and oft it has been a godsend in the field, especially in China. Add in the ssh fingerprints of the hosts you're liable to log in to. If you're worried about logging in from untrusted machines -- which, if you're travelling without a laptop, you probably are -- then one-time passwords work better (IMO - but open to alternative arguments) than bringing along pre-authenticated keys for passwordless login. But for both OTP and fingerprints, a slip of paper is probably a better solution yet. It's all about who do you trust, and how much you trust 'em. Paper is more paranoid than flash drives. Bringing tools on a flash drive is a good idea. Especially when venturing into The Monoculture. I just burned a CD for a trip where I added in elvis, just in case I had to look at the source on a MSWindows machine; it was small, it didn't take up a lot of room, and it'll work far better than notepad. I like the IP address. I keep a list of the half-dozen or so important IP addresses written down in a notebook, so when I'm on travel, I can avoid debugging DNS issues until after I've achieved connectivity. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
