Almost all SSH users are familiar with public key authentication and use SSH private keys to authenticate themselves when logging into a remote machine. The SSH key mechanism is relatively simple; the user generates a private key and shares his public key with the administrators of the devices he wants to access. A device administrator […]
Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for securely accessing and managing systems over an unsecured network. While most people are familiar with SSH keys for authentication, there’s another powerful feature of SSH that’s less commonly used but offers enhanced security and scalability: SSH Certificates. What are SSH Certificates? SSH certificates are an evolution […]
What is ssh-agent? ssh-agent is a background program that handles SSH private keys and their passphrases, making it easier to manage SSH-based authentication without entering your passphrase every time. How do I start ssh-agent? On most UNIX-based systems, you can start ssh-agent by running the command eval $(ssh-agent -s) for Bourne-like shells or evalssh-agent -c“ […]