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[-] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 8 points 3 months ago

From my experience, a password is a tool used to secure my workday from a bad guy called "productivity".

Because why use an SSH key when I can enter the same username and password I used to log into the workstation every time I need to do something through the VPN? (It keeps logging off every time the connection breaks.)

[-] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If there's no ForceCommand (I think that's what it was called?) in sshd.conf and no command=x in .authorized_keys (if any), you can probably use mosh. It spins up SSH to authenticate and then immediately start a UDP based connection afterwards. Instead of logging out every 15 minutes, you will get a "Last contacted X seconds ago" overlayed every minute, that's sure an improvement. Do note, however, that it keeps your shell running with no way to reattach to it if your machine turns off.

[-] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the advice!

[-] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

What if hacker steals the SSH key?

[-] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

Then they might as well steal the password from my clipboard.

[-] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

What if it steals the clipboard so you cant copy paste?

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