SSH connection with public key

Connect with a public key rather than a User/Password represents several advantages:

a generated key will always be more robust than a password in general
there is no need to use a password to connect to SSH

Generation of the key#

Each of its commands can be used to define the type of encryption used to communicate with SSH:

SSH -KEYGEN -T RSA -B 4096
SSH -KEYGEN -T DSA
SSH -KEYGEN -T ECDSA -B 521
SSH -KEYGEN -T ED25519

It may be necessary to use this or that type of key depending on the type of encryption accepted by the server to which you connect.

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It is recommended to use ED25519 which corresponds to the current standard in terms of security.

GENERATING PUBLIC/PRIVATE ED25519 KEY PAIR.
Enter File in Which to Save the Key (/home/contact/.ssh/id_ed25519):
Created Directory '/home/Contact/.ssh'.
Enter Passphrase (Empty for No Passphrase):
Enter SADS PASSPHRASE Again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/contact/.ssh/id_ed25519
Your public Key has been saved in /home/contact/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
The Key Fingerprint is:
Sha256: Monhash Contact@Mondomain
The Key's Randomart Image is:
+-[Ed25519 256]-+
|%@+.|
| EBCVB.|
|+= BO.|
|+.O*.|
| oo..o.S S |
| =+oo o |
| B ++ o..|
|+= .. o.|
| o...|
+---- [SHA256] -----+

Inform connection information#

SSH-COPY-ID CONTACT@mondomain

ssh-copy-id Nom_user@ip_ou_domaine

/usr/bin/ssh-copy -id: info: source of key (s) to be installed: "/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
The Authenticity of Host 'DNS.it.fr (172.16.10.10)' Can't Be Established.
ECDSA Key FingerPrint is sha256: LDA9PSN+R3COE3P2EH2HDAR6F50GATNLUTF5HW+QQKA.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (Yes/No/[Fingerprint])?Yes
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-Iid: info: attempting to log in with the new key (s), to filter out any that are alreni installedy
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-ID: info: 1 key (s) remain to be installed-if you are prompt now it is to install the keys
admin@dns.it.fr's password:

Number of Key (s) Added: 1

Now Try Logging Into the Machine, with: "ssh 'admin@dns.it.fr'"
and check to make sure that only the key (s) you wanted were added.

Connect to SSH#

ssh admin@dns.it.fr

ssh nom_user@ip_ou_domaine

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You are now connected in Shh thanks to the authorization key.

Export the authorization key

cat .ssh/authorized_keys

SSH-RSA AAAAB3NZAC1C2EAAAADAQABAABGQC/3HQOJNQS9OCUAKIFAMOB4TWLZFSGF50VAO7H7AT3
FIMZ+HQEKTTMDS8CXOJAHA1J+4Z4+2HFHBVO5EXL4/HMYZTMBJZVEIMAK+J5UXNRZX6EBVL6BTZG7W
EK5IFRRTBLVIDGKQRI4E1DV8C7NUPDQBAGTIS3+UW3MIWKKNY6HVGJ6TIQT1ELRI38CVUX26PCUG
6FBVHQXOXTBWLOJUXZYD2NAYH4ZLVYR34KTPYCNKAOVFAYRSNBVCQ3A7XQWLUURPYOAJTNDWCBUI4EKO
ISTFQVGC7BT9SCPMYYKLB+D58QOWL74VELOQIRUDGC0O66ZX3BCTKU6DW9AGI/LWDODJLQHQQDIHKDIHKDIHKDIHKDIHK
G15VIGNCNTCY4F9P+KCG3G2TP+KNXMMBTUWll8mma6odLGLFTPAXJXJS+L9CPEOUWT2SKGHGXPUXFL
Lmtnqfsjmtbzhh5ywb0eq8fyvnbisj02t0jd8goq6qcia+7rwou15vu+hip5qrcu17cejze = root@
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