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Jim Campbell
jwcampbell@gmail.com 2013
SSH keys are used to login to a remote computer, once a secure connection has been established.
Fran Diéguez
frandieguez@gnome.org 2021

# Que é unha chave Secure Shell?

A Secure Shell key, often just called an SSH key, helps you create a secure connection over an unsecured network.

# An SSH key actually consists of two parts:

A public key, which is widely available.

A private key, which is kept secret. The private key is used to unlock messages encrypted with a corresponding public key.

The advantage of using an SSH key to create a connection between computers is that only the Public key needs to be sent over the network. Transmissions encrypted with a Public key can only be decoded by unlocking them with the corresponding Private key and a password. Because only the public key is sent over the network, the key's password is kept secret.