Duplicate/unique SSH key-pairs for multiple clients?

[Ted Roche]

On Apr 7, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Cole Tuininga wrote:

> I'm just looking for a little bit of clarification here.  Are the 
> laptops being used as clients to connect to remote systems?

Hi, Cole:

To clarify: when I am logged in to my machine at home, I use ssh-agent 
to load my keypairs into memory so I don't have to use individual 
passwords with each remote machine I log into. Loading the keys into 
memory requires a passphrase. One it is loaded, typing ssh 
ted_roche at example.com will connect me to their site without requiring 
me to provide an additional password. The advantage of this is obvious 
for cron jobs that have no user input.


> In other words, you're logging in to servers from the laptop(s) 
> without requiring keyboard input (specifically, passwords)?

You know, when you put it that way, it doesn't sound quite as sensible.

Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com