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Does ssh-keyscan tell you if a server supports RSA or DSA keys?
A question came up on the Unix & Linux SE site: Checking if passwordless ssh authorization is possible without permission for sshd_config?.
I immediately thought you could possibly infer this ...
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SSH: reusing public keys and known-man-in-the-middle
Usually, people recommend to use a single private-public key pair everywhere (if we're not talking about a possibility of compromising the private key):
Best Practice: “One per-user ssh key” or ...
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SSH key-type, rsa, dsa, ecdsa, are there easy answers for which to choose when?
As someone who knows little about cryptography, I wonder about the choice I make when creating ssh-keys.
ssh-keygen -t type, where type is either of dsa,rsa and ecdsa.
Googling can give some ...
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Creating user specific authentication methods in SSH
I have configured sshd on an Ubuntu server to use key authentication and it is working fine.
I had to disable password authentication for key authentication to work.
Server is always accessed via ...
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Security issues related to public keys and SSH
Do I have to mind something specific when using public keys and SSH? Well of course, I have to keep my private key secret (and therefore I should choose a strong pass phrase). But is there something ...
