SSH Keys & Asymmetric encryption

Tutorial and explanation

FOR CLARIFICATION:
X) SSH PUB KEY generated & copied from client to remote server’s .ssh/authorizedkeys file
XX) client uses ssh userid@ip to remote into server
XXX) remote server checks the authorized Key file for pub key match
IV) generates string + encrypts public key sends it back to decrypt private key on host machine
V) authorized access

You can use PUTTY to SSH from a windows machine to a Linux machine. SSH is not only used on Linux !

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