Security
- Use
onlygood passwordsand use good ones- at least 9 characters long, a mixture of alphanumericandmixednon-alphanumeric characterscase andofsymbolmixed case.characters. The password should be completely differenttofrom the password you use on any other system. - ** Never use the same password across different systems !**
- NEVER copy a private key anywhere! The private key should remain in your .ssh directory on the system you generated it on and should be readable only by you.
- SSH key passphrases should be as secure as other passowrds.
- Never setup passphraseless ssh keys to allow unauthenticated login access between systems.
WARNING: Incorrectly configuring ssh keys can leave your accounts vulnerable to attack and, more importantly, can provide attackers with a trivial means to transfer their attacks to other systems and organizations.