2008-08-07 klockan 10:36 skrev Simos Xenitellis:
> When you generate an "SSH key pair", the program creates two files.
> You put one file at the GNOME Account registration page (Mango), and
> the other file, "id_rsa.pub", you need to put it in your home
> directory, inside the ".ssh/" subdirectory. You have to do this step,
> and you need to keep "id_rsa.pub" safe because it links you with the
> other key you have put at Mango on GNOME. If you install Linux again,
> you need to take backup of the "id_rsa.pub" file.
Eh, it's the other way around. The .pub file is public, the other is NOT. If
you EVER provide your private key (id_rsa without .pub) to someone else (or
paste it into Mango) then you should consider your key compromised and NEVER
use it again. NEVER EVER share your private key. Keep it safe (and warm) at
all times on a trusted medium. Additoinally you REALLY SHOULD have a
passphrase on your private key, so that the file itself is not directly
usable. Ssh-agent (or seahorse-agent) caches the passphrase anyway, so you
only have to type it once. The security benefits are MAJOR.
Again, NEVER provide your private key to someone else.
mvrgr, Wouter
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