[nycbug-talk] Analyzing malicious SSH login attempts

[Trish Lynch]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, michael wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:52:26 -0400
> csnyder <chsnyder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> But you encrypted that key using a strong passphrase, right? They
>> would have to get your desktop while ssh-agent was running.
>
> well.. I don't shut down my home PC when I walk away.  It is usually
> running.  But I do lock the apartment door [grin].
>

Of course, I guess what was asking is when is Paranoid too paranoid? when 
you are living by yourself and never have people over, and lock your 
doors, and have never given your address out, and you STILL LOCK YOUR 
COMPUTER and never use ssh-agent :)

*grin*

((I never use ssh-agent anyway, but this is an extreme example)

-Trish


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