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Re:If you’re not using SSH certificates you’re doing SSH wro... by enriquto on Thursday March 24, 2022 @10:44AM (#30790561)
This is a (quite convoluted) explanation of public key cryptography, that I already understand. My question was about certificates.
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Re:If you’re not using SSH certificates you’re doing SSH wro... by HideousKojima on Thursday March 24, 2022 @11:17AM (#30791081)
For public key cryptography my go to analogy for non-technical people has always been the mailing padlocks example (where the padlock is the public key, and the key to unlock itbis the private key that stays with the sender).
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