Re: Palm to FreeBSD using ssh

On Aug 29, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Mark Senior wrote:

> The exchange of data over the network is safe enough against  
> snooping or
> alteration, (assuming the attacker doesn't know the private key)  
> whether
> you use an RSA or DSA key.
>
> Theft is a different threat though - the type of key doesn't matter
> then, the strength of the passphrase that's protecting it is what
> matters.  If the private key is stored unencrypted on a palm pilot and
> someone steals it, then any servers that allow logins with that key  
> are
> at risk until you can delete the corresponding public keys from your
> authorized_keys files.

Ah... ok... let's say, for example, purely hypothetically... assume I  
made a pretty weak pass phrase because I had a heck of a time getting  
it to work at all and by the time it finally did work I was using a  
weak pass phrase.

Can I now change the phrase or do I need to make a new set of keys, etc?

TjL