[Savannah-hackers] Re: SSH configuration

[Mathieu Roy]

Nic <address@hidden> said:

> =?us-ascii?Q?Michal=20Bidlo?= <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would like to configure SSH for connecting to my account on the
> > savannah.nongnu.org and in FAQs I read that during generating the
> > rsa key I have to enter some PASSPHRASE. Please, what is the
> > passphrase (if it's not the password)? Is it an arbitrary string or
> > some special information that I've not remember from my registration
> > process?.  (I've better ask You first than I could do some mistake.)
> 
> The pass phrase is the text used by ssh to confirm that you are the
> holder of the ssh key being used to contact savannah.
> 
> In effect it is a password.
> 
> You will have to enter it everytime you use a CVS command for
> subversions (the savannah CVS server).
> 
> It does not have to be the same as your savannah account password
> (but it's obviously easier to remember if it is the same).

In fact, it should not be the same, to provide maximum security. It's
possible to crack a savannah account. It would be dangerous if permits
to crack you ssh key, which is in fact the sensitive thing.




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