Is it possible to configure ssh using PubkeyAuthentication yes but only allowing pub/private key pairs with a passphrases?
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mahatmanich
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No, the server has no knowledge of the protection used for the SSH key on the client.
It could be a passworded PEM file, a key loaded into an agent, stored on a smartcard, etc -- all the server knows is the client responded with the correctly signed response.
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