trestrantham

This is a great alternative that is definitely more turnkey. I would still advise setting up public-key authentication and adding the appropriate keys to authorized_keys for a more secure configuration. Our remote users are "local" via VPN (which also acts as another layer of security) so we were less concerned with traversing firewalls, but this is perfect for pairing with "outsiders". Thanks!

This definitely opens up risks to anyone you pair with. However, the thought is that by restricting access to a specific tmux session and only to those you have explicitly added as "authorized", you can limit those risks by a considerable amount. This works well for us because we only use this for developers on our teams. I would advise not adding anyone's public key to your authorized_keys file that you don't fully trust. Thanks for feedback!

This a great tip! We've updated the post and credited you for the info. Thanks!