Ars Technica

Making SSH Private keys more secure | Ars OpenForum

which talks about beefing up the security of the passphrase of your SSH private key. The article (as I understand it) discusses that by default, your SSH private key passphrase is essentially just a ...
Ars Technica

Help with SSH and public/private keys

I have SSH working between my PC when it runs Win2k and my Linux server.<BR><BR>I rebooted the client into Mandrake 9.1 to get SSH working so I can use CVS under Linux as well.<BR><BR>I have my ~/.ssh ...
Purdue University

Creating keys for use with SSH in MacOS and in Linux

The command will move through a series of prompts. First, it will ask where you want to save the keys. Unless you are an expert, accept the default. This will create an “id_rsa” and an “id_rsa.pub” ...
PC World

OpenSSH patches information leak that could expose private SSH keys

If you’re connecting to servers over the secure shell (SSH) protocol using an OpenSSH client, you should update it immediately. The latest version patches a flaw that could allow rogue or compromised ...
TechRepublic

How to use WinSCP with public key authentication

Public key authentication with SSH is possible with WinSCP, but it requires some work to set up. Chad Perrin details the steps. WinSCP is an open source tool for Windows that allows files to be safely ...