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ChrisLAS

How secure is the passphrase?

Jul 14th, 2016
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  1. Hey Allan & Chris,
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  3. Thanks for the help with securing the server! :)
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  5. I'm curious, starting another round of new SSH keys and wondering how much more secure is a passphrase enabled 4096 key than a non-passphrase 4096 key? I know that obviously it is more secure, but how much? Do you happen to have some statistics? If we assume that the only instance of my private key is a personally owned computer, how much security am I actually getting from a passphrase? Obviously if my computer gets compromised / stolen it's time to switch out ssh keys whether or not they are passphrase enabled, but...
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  7. Sorry for rambling, keep up the great work!
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  9. "R"
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