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| 5.8.1 Support for ECDSA keys (martin) | no summary (68.142.150.100) (hidden) | ||
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| ===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
| - | Public key authentication is an alternative means of identifying yourself to a login server, instead of typing a password. It is more secure and more flexible, but more difficult to set up. | + | Public key authentication is an alternative means of identifying yourself to a login ··server, instead of typing a password. It is more secure and more flexible, but more difficult to set up. |
| In conventional password authentication, you prove you are who you claim to be by proving that you know the correct password. The only way to prove you know the password is to tell the server what you think the password is. This means that if the server has been hacked, or spoofed, an attacker can learn your password. | In conventional password authentication, you prove you are who you claim to be by proving that you know the correct password. The only way to prove you know the password is to tell the server what you think the password is. This means that if the server has been hacked, or spoofed, an attacker can learn your password. | ||