On Sat, 7 Feb 2015, Russell Senior wrote:

> Uh, no. Your password is still encrypted, not plain text. The reason
> people prefer keys is that passwords (particularly bad ones) can be
> brute-forced. If you *can* use passwords, you are just as vulnerable. If
> you allow passwords, pick good ones, and brute forcing will take a long,
> long time.

   I'd much prefer to get back to using the DSA public/private keys. It
should not be as difficult as it's turning out to be.

Thanks,

Rich
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