Ubuntu server remote file access

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 17:06 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On 30 September 2013 16:55, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
> > On 09/29/2013 10:48 AM, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
> >> Yes, private keys are encrypted--if you encrypt them.  So if someone has
> >> your private key, they still need to break any encryption.
> >
> > Huh?
> >
> > You sound confused.  What part don't you get?
> 
> If someone has your private key then they have your private key.
> There is no encryption that they need to break.

I'm sure that Kent is assuming that you've added a passphrase to your
private key; anyone who cares about the security of their private key
will certainly do this.

If the key has a passphrase then just having the key file won't help,
you also must have, or be able to guess, the passphrase.