Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. HTTPS is a popular mechanism for communicating across the Internet, but security minded ...

If you set it up, you’ll be required to enter the passphrase to communicate with your Git repository if you set it up. To skip using it, press return, and it will generate the SSH key without ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In order to push, pull and clone securely between your local Git installation and a remote ...

GitHub was forced to change its RSA SSH key today, after the private key was briefly exposed in a public GitHub repository. That’s why users who connected today to GitHub.com via SSH got a message ...

A number of high-profile source-code repositories hosted on GitHub could have been modified using weak SSH authentication keys, a security researcher has warned. The potentially vulnerable ...

Secure Shell (SSH) keys are used on modern networks for computers to identify each other, and to grant secure access from one computer on a network to another. The basic was SSH runs is with keys, you ...

When you add a security key to SSH operations, you can use these devices to protect you and your account from accidental exposure, account hijacking, or malware, GitHub security engineer Kevin ...

Out of the box, secure shell is fairly secure. With the help of ssh key authentication, you can lock down secure shell so that only specific machines can log in. Here's how.

Figure A Logging in to a remote Linux server, via SSH, using key authentication. Notice the checkbox for Automatically Unlock This Key Whenever I’m Logged In.

So I am finally returning to linux after a bit of a hiatus. I have installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my laptop and I am absolutely AMAZED with how easy to set-up and use it is. Truly ...