[H-GEN] How safe is SSH on the internet?

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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"Christopher Biggs" <listjunkie at pobox.com> writes:

> I was thinking of the arrangement where the server gives you a
> challenge, which you type into a little keyring widget (or a program
> in your palmtop, laptop or trusted desktop box) along with your
> master password and it spits back a one-time password for you to
> use.

Curious.  I'd never heard of or encountered that variant before.  I've
always admired the one I'm familiar with for being at least
theoretically secure and simple to understand to boot.

jason
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