passwordless ssh from laptop

[Volker Wysk]

Am Montag, 26. Dezember 2016, 10:23:20 CET schrieb Chris Green:
> IMHO there are situations where it is decidedly *less* secure to use
> public key authentication.  I access my home machine from two or three
> laptops using ssh.  If I use public key authentication from those
> laptops then if I lose the laptop the keys are vulnerable to an
> attacker.  If I use password authentication then someone who has my
> laptop has no more information than they would have if trying to break
> into my systems from anywhere else.

That's why you should encrpyt the hard disk of a laptop. There is a lot of 
information on it, which a thief might find "interesting".

Bye
Volker