Why is ssh 2 server secret key not passphrase protected ??

From: dsa main <dsa0000(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Thu Jul 31 2003 - 23:59:31 EDT

Hi All,

Sorry for this stupid question..

Why is ssh 2 server secret key not passphrase protected ??

Is this just because of the fact that someone has to type in passphrase every time server is started ??

Regards
dsa

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