On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Simone Piccardi <[email protected]> wrote: > Reading the list of used files, terms and utilities in 102.6 it seems > that what you need know to is little bit too broad for a single question > topic. > If you cite SSH host keys you are talking about an SSH server > configuration, that's 212.3. So for this single question you need to > teach people a 4 questions topic of a more advanced exam.
Understanding (even if not implementing, although that's getting debatable in my view) SSH host keys should be level 1 in my opinion. We're at the point where the only access into an instance is SSH these days, often via publickey by default, and that includes instances that are spooled down'n up constantly in today's Cloud environments. As always, we need to be covering -- in the next set of objectives -- what is common in some Enterprise environments today, in my view. Otherwise we're doing our candidates a great disservice not to set them up for what all Environments will have in the next couple of years. - bjs P.S. The entire MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) push is making SSH key management an junior sysadmin duty as well. SSH Public Keys are commonly how Enterprise do this, including the US government (e.g., Treasury/Fed, various agencies, etc...). Public Keys have the backward compatible advantage of still only providing one (1) prompt as well, instead of two (2) or requiring a concatenated password+OTP to avoid the 2nd prompt, or it can even be 3FA by unlocking the Private Key with an OTP at the client. -- Bryan J Smith - http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjsmith E-mail: b.j.smith at ieee.org or me at bjsmith.me _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
