The purpose of keystroke timing obfuscation is to make it difficult for a man-in-the-middle to deduce your passwords as you type them over an SSH connection.
Thanks, that’s cool! I remember using ssh back in college when I was attempting to major in computer engineering and interacting with the student server.
Is keystroke timing a legitimate way for programs to decipher/narrow down a password?
The purpose of SSH is to allow remote access to computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh
The purpose of keystroke timing obfuscation is to make it difficult for a man-in-the-middle to deduce your passwords as you type them over an SSH connection.
Thanks, that’s cool! I remember using ssh back in college when I was attempting to major in computer engineering and interacting with the student server.
Is keystroke timing a legitimate way for programs to decipher/narrow down a password?
Not legitimate in the sense of being nice or ethical, but a legitimate concern in the sense that timing attacks can be very effective.