Add security advice about SSH agent forwarding

In the case of a malicious node, or malicious superuser with access to
the same node, SSH agent forwarding is a risk. Call that out.
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Tim Bannister 2022-01-17 21:38:46 +00:00
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@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ SSH is required if you want to control all nodes from a single machine.
1. SSH between nodes to check that the connection is working correctly.
- When you SSH to any node, add the `-A` flag. This flag allows the node that you
have logged into via SSH to access the SSH agent on your PC.
have logged into via SSH to access the SSH agent on your PC. Consider alternative
methods if you do not fully trust the security of your user session on the node.
```
ssh -A 10.0.0.7