While an SSH key is an access credential, it is technically a cryptographic key. SSH uses public-key cryptography (or asymmetric cryptography) and challenge-response authentication as a more secure method of authentication. Using SSH keys allows you to be authenticated to the remote server without sending your password over the network.
Jun 22, 2012 SSH keys provide a more secure way of logging into a virtual private server with SSH than using a password alone. With SSH keys, users can log into a server without a password. This tutorial explains how to generate, use, and upload an SSH Key Pair. Generating SSH keys and using them for connecting to SSH servers is a straightforward process on Linux. But for Windows users, Windows does not provide any support for the SSH protocol by default. There is no SSH client that comes by default on Windows. Let alone generating keys.
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