ssh.md

SSH

Client

• Arch Wiki
• Gentoo Wiki

Keys

• Arch Wiki

Generate default 3072-bit RSA (and SHA256) key.

ssh-keygen -C "$(whoami)@$(uname -n)-$(date --iso-8601=date)"

Upon issuing the ssh-keygen command, you will be prompted for the desired name and location of your private key.

Use date -Idate on macOS.

Managing multiple keys

• Arch Wiki
• Best way to use multiple SSH private keys on one client - stackoverflow.com

You can set different keys to be used for different hosts or remote users by using ~/.ssh/config.

SSH agents

• Arch wiki