The private key (identification) is now located in /home/user_id/.ssh/id_rsa. The public key is now located in /home/user_id/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. Your identification has been saved in /home/user_id/.ssh/id_rsa. The entire key generation process looks something like this: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096Įnter file in which to save the key (/home/user_id/.ssh/id_rsa):Įnter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): The only downside, of course, to having a passphrase, is then having to type it in each time you use the key pair. Should a passphrase-protected private key fall into an unauthorized users possession, they will be unable to log in to its associated accounts until they figure out the passphrase, buying the hacked user some extra time. Entering a passphrase does have its benefits: the security of a key, no matter how encrypted, still depends on the fact that it is not visible to anyone else. It’s up to you whether you want to use a passphrase. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): You can press enter here, saving the file to the default directory (e.g., /home/user_id/.ssh/id_rsa on macOS or Linux or C:\Users\user_id\.ssh\id_rsa on Windows). Once you have entered the ssh-keygen command, you will get a few more questions: Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user_id/.ssh/id_rsa): The first step is to create the key pair on your personal or workstation computer: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 You can increase security even more by protecting the private key with a passphrase. When the two match up, the system unlocks without the need for a password. You can place the public key on any server, and then unlock it by connecting to it with a client that already has the private key.
Generating a key pair provides you with two long string of characters: a public and a private key.
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While a password can eventually be cracked with a brute force attack, SSH keys are nearly impossible to decipher by brute force alone. SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a server with SSH than using a password alone. Secure Shell (better known as SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol which allows users to securely perform a number of network services over an unsecured network.
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