An example would be a cron job that copies files to a backup server via scp or rsync over ssh. However, this should also be accompanied by host filters in the authorized_keys file to restrict access to specific hosts.
Using pastebin for this is wrong on so many levels.
This is why Net::SSH and Paramiko are so wonderful. Using the OpenSSH binaries through a pair of pipes is certainly a pain, but if you grok the protocol, either of those libraries can make it really easy to wire up secure pipes between machines.
An example would be a cron job that copies files to a backup server via scp or rsync over ssh. However, this should also be accompanied by host filters in the authorized_keys file to restrict access to specific hosts.
Using pastebin for this is wrong on so many levels.