Hi, Peter Poeml wrote:
Wouldn't it make sense to have an ssh-agent running,
Where is the benefit for security? The plaintext public key resides in memory, where any application can query it through the agent-protocol. And if you accidentally turn agent-forwarding on, you are spreading your credentials to every host you "ssh" to. ------- Checker wrote:
wouldn't it be easier to backup the files into a password-protected directory and downloading it from there over ssl / https ??
When you have to install a web-server with SSL: It won't be easier. If you have one already: May be... Regards, Holger ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Holger van Lengerich paderLinx - Neue Informationsmedien GmbH Diplom-Informatiker Cheruskerstraße 2b, 33102 Paderborn mailto:hvl@paderlinx.de Fon: +49 5251 8994 - 16 Fax: -20 -----------------------------------------------------------------------