Re: Whats the difference between password+RSA, and password-protected RSA ?

2011-11-21 Thread Patrick
In the case of a passphrase-protected RSA key, the server knowsnothing about it, so you would never be able to enforce that. It's onthe client side that the key is decrypted with the passphrase beforesubmitting it to the server. Patrick On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Mm Bsd mmbsd1...@yahoo.com

Re: Whats the difference between password+RSA, and password-protected RSA ?

2011-11-21 Thread perryh
Mm Bsd mmbsd1...@yahoo.com wrote: Let's say I'd like to add a small amount of extra security to my SSH login process. Let's say I decide the way I want to do this is by requiring BOTH a password and an RSA key ... So to log in, I would be required to enter a normal unix password, but I