Subject: Re: sshd Change: PermitRootLogin = no
To: None <tech-security@netbsd.org>
From: Jim Breton <jamesb-netbsd@alongtheway.com>
List: tech-security
Date: 08/31/2001 18:31:22
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:17:59AM -0400, RJ Atkinson wrote:
> a prudent system
> administration strategy is to use both belt and suspenders
> -- so disabling RSA authentication and requiring passwords
> (preferably one-time passwords) inside the SSH channel.

I'm not sure if I'm reading you right here.  Are you saying that using
tunneled cleartext passwords is more secure/prudent than key-based
authentication?