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		yjftsjthsd-h on March 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Can any Hetzner user please explain your w... SSH with only public key auth allowed is perfectly safe to have exposed to the internet.

markhahn on March 22, 2023 [–]

it is still a single factor - and private-key compromises are not unheard of.

(but ssh itself has plenty of ways to harden, not to mention the sk stuff)

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