Comment on How is an SSH key useful ?
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 days ago
They are much harder to guess than most passwords that people use, to te point of being unfeasible to brute-force. This makes them a much more secure option than passwords.
Comment on How is an SSH key useful ?
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 days ago
They are much harder to guess than most passwords that people use, to te point of being unfeasible to brute-force. This makes them a much more secure option than passwords.
T156@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s also a lot easier to use. You don’t need a password, since it basically exists as a file.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 5 days ago
All my ssh keys are password protected, so I personally dont have a difference there. I would recommend doing that as a protection against supply chain attacks that steal keys.