SSH Authorized Keys File

An SSH Authorized Keys File is a data file with SSH public keys that are permitted for RSA authentication.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be read by a SSH Daemon.
• Example(s):
  • ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
• See: SSK Key Pair.

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References

2006

• http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/jpmg/ssh/authorized_keys_howto.html
  • There may be good reasons to keep the authorized_keys file protected from world-readability (it may contain directives as to what machines may use a given key or what commands will be run in response to the use of a given key, which may be sensitive information) but protecting the public key is not one of them!

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