[lug] SSH

[D. Stimits]

David Morris wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 01:00:56PM -0600, John Dollison wrote:
> 
>>I've never used SSH before, but I just finished installing it and reading as
>>much of the help as I could digest.
>>
>>I see that various methods of authentication and encryption are supported,
>>but I'm a bit confused - if I'm a first-time user and want to connect to a
>>web host to upload some files to my new website, is SSH automatically
>>secure, or do I first need to configure it (like generating public/private
>>key pairs)?
> 
> 
> SSH is *always* secure, you have no choice about that.  You
> can select, among other things, the encryption algorithm,
> and the authentication algorithm.
> 
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[nit-picking: Unless you use keys to authenticate, and the private key 
is not secured in some way...allowing access at some end based on 
presence of a private key without password is bad if you allow someone 
to get your private key...making it read-only is a first step]