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Palm to FreeBSD using ssh

Subject: Palm to FreeBSD using ssh
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:16:09 -0400

On occasion I need to make an ssh connection to my FreeBSD machine (OpenSSH).


I have been using pssh (http://sealiesoftware.com/pssh/) but it goes out of its way to say that it is "probably" not secure. I have tried (today) TuSSH (http://www.tussh.com/) which seems more secure but I don't know if it IS more secure of if it just isn't as verbose about not being secure.

They both appear to have support for keys, but TuSSH FAQ says:

Q) When I go to "Import Private Key", I see my memo, entitled "Private Key", in the list.
When I select it, then click the "Import" button, the Palm performs a soft reset or crashes.


    A) TuSSH doesn't support encrypted keys yet

I don't know what TuSSH *does* really support (normally I login with the id_dsa, but trying to import id_dsa.pub into TuSSH didn't work.


So I copied my 'id_dsa' to my Treo, and imported it into pssh.

I can now connect to the FreeBSD machine using my Private Key and Passphrase.

What I am trying to figure out is whether I should use TuSSH without the Private Key or pssh with the Private Key. Which is more secure? Or is the answer "neither"?

TjL


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