Public key authentication isn’t just providing more entropy than passwords.
Passwords (as used in SSH) are bearer tokens – send yours to the wrong server, once, and you‘re compromised, for this and future sessions. That’s not the case with public key authentication.
Public key authentication isn’t just providing more entropy than passwords.
Passwords (as used in SSH) are bearer tokens – send yours to the wrong server, once, and you‘re compromised, for this and future sessions. That’s not the case with public key authentication.