think of the public file as a padlock🔒: you can put it anywhere and no one can get past it. but by using the private half like a key 🔑, which you keep secret, you can unlock your padlock whenever you want.
SUPER CONFUSINGLY, these "files" are both called keys: your public key and private key. that doesn't make much sense and i apologize.
HEY, LISTEN! You are almost certainly better off following the instructions on the town's SSH guide which teaches you how to make a key pair on your computer instead of on this site. However, this site is here for you in case for some reason your computer has a hard time with ssh-keygen.
🔒 public key |
🔑 private key(KEEP SECRET) |
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what now? you can now use these files with the ssh
command! if, for example, you have signed up for tilde
town using the public key you generated above and saved
the private key as
ssh -i Downloads/id_rsa YOUR_USERNAME_HERE@tilde.town
For more information about where to save keys, how to
use them, and how to use terminals (on all platforms),
check out the tilde.town ssh
primer.
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