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Allow LAN-only password login to sshd

See here and then add this to /etc/sshsshd_config:

Match Address 192.168.1.0/24
PasswordAuthentication yes

This allows clients on the local network to login using password authentication while limiting the Internet in general to key-based authentication.

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