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I'd recommend they not store the private key next to the public key; that is, they shouldn't do "scp .ssh/id_dsa* remoteserver:" It doesn't matter whether ther

I'd recommend they not store the private key next to the public key; that is, they shouldn't do "scp .ssh/id_dsa* remoteserver:" It doesn't matter whether there's something stored with the private key, both because that location should be secure and because the private key can used to recover the public key.

dllthomas 13y ago
Is the issue that you somehow believe "stored with" is not a commutative relationship? Edited to add: "It doesn't matter whether there's something stored with the private key, both because that location should be secure and because the private key can used to recover the public key." Right, it doesn't matter in what should be the overwhelming majority of cases where "the public and private key are stored in the same directory" so it's a piss-poor test for whether things are obviously being done horribly wrong.