Utility to scan for unpassworded SSH privkeys?

Dan Kaminsky dan at doxpara.com
Fri May 24 11:31:02 EST 2013


It's 2013.  Time to start actually caring how users use our systems.


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin <
danm at prime.gushi.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2013, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
>
>  Effectively nobody passphrases their ssh keys.  They're used as a way to
>> *suppress* password entry in the real world -- use this, and things just
>> work rather than poking you each time.
>>
>
> I'm aware of this stigma, which is the current popular (and lazy)
> thinking.  That's why I laid out assumptions #1 and #2.  I can't make
> people use passwordless everywhere.
>
> However, if I'm giving you space in my garage, I want to know you're not
> storing rusting propane cylinders :)
>
> -Dan
>
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