WilDoane/GitDataCollection — Issue #5: Should we have users password-protect their RSA keys?
Author: briandk
Created: 2012-01-05 23:08:24+00:00
State: open

I'm testing this out on the remote system now, but setting up RSA keys on the remote system allows users to leave the password field blank.

My worry is that in the course of running their usual gcc calls students will suddenly be challenged for a password, which disrupts their work and makes our system visible instead of transparent.

## Argument for leaving the password blank

There's already one layer of authentication just to get to their remote computing accounts, so it's not precisely like their RSA keys are simply out in the open

## Argument against leaving the password blank

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