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by sdeziel 3193 days ago
> * enforcing SSH key authentication

That cannot be enforced by the server because the key decryption occurs client-side. An alternative is to use Two Factor Authentication.

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I think you mean the server can't enforce ssh key encryption/passphrase protection (next point down)?

And 2 or even 3 factor should maybe be on the list (key+pw, key+totp, key+pw+totp).

For keys, it's in theory possible to ease management with using ssh certificates and a CA - anyone know of a convenient way to manage totp secrets across multiple servers and users?

Yeah, I quoted the wrong line.