Hi >Put the public key on your computer at home and set up some automatic >logins. >No password involved. Oddly enough it's more secure than passwords. >Much easier than telnet and very secure. Is this really true??? Best practice? Seems too good to be true. I've gotten that piece to work, but have shied away from it cuz it seemed the password challenge would be better. Guess I'm not all that sure why I thought that, though. Thanks Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax