snmp over internet "best practice"

[Hugo van der Kooij]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

> If security is your primary concern, you should use ssh with shared key
> authentication as much as you possibly can, and make sure to use one key
> per command you want to execute (read the SSH manpage carefully on how to
> set this up). This can quickly become troublesome though, as the keys and
> commands mount up (maintenance nightmare, but very secure).

If you take the human factor in the equasion you know that this 1 key per 
command is very propably not the safest thing to do. It is too easy to 
make an error.

Hugo.

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