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[2024 EXTENDED] Black Friday / Cyber Monday: FLASH SALE & MEGATHREAD
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By generating an ssh key pair
And just put the pubkey into one account’s .ssh-authorized_keys on each server
Easy
more importantly how fucked am i if i lose the key, how the fuck do pubkeys work
its all too much
generate a fancy ssh key first:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100yeah thats a different story.
Just keep the private key on a usb as a backup
And you’re never really fucked since you have rescue
Pointless! As you still need to login to every server to set it up [and you will already have login+password copied] - just skip ssh keys and copy-paste login data pastebin - one step less!
Just use the same password on every VPS
IMO .ssh/config should be everyone’s database of servers they have
you're gonna hate what I have to tell you next about my current password scheme
I already know it’s the same with some small variation
like beanmanvirmach etc or something line that
@FAT32 I need new @VirMach coupon - what happen to your signature/footer?!
Add 2 keys from 2 different devices.
Backup the private key, print it out (this will work but will end up taking millions of years for you to type it out, but works)
Another thing I ended up doing is create an obscure user and set a weird password )print it if you like or stick it to a post it on your screen )
In that way should things go south you still have a way in.
okay look i tried and googld where ssh keys go in putty and it's not there for me???
I have to admit I made a mistake last time. One of the VPS I got out of flash sale purchase has a super weak password because I just spammed some gibberish on the password field.
It was only 4 characters and I forgot about idling it. Few weeks later I got a notice that it has suspended due to abuse and oh well
Boot into rescue mode and it was infected.
Now I spam even more gibberish when sign up just in case. Will look into all the servers I bought this weekend
beanman+ IP address without dots.Strong, fast, secure, long!
I think Putty has a separate program for keygen
Windows can’t do it straight from terminal? Noobs
*Off-topic: plain SSH client until the end.
For putty you need theirs agent, I think plus the format of files is different, PITA.
Why even use Putty
Even windows can handle .ssh/config now right
Only took them 30 years but it was worth it
Keep things simple IMO
Exactly. Pain
what the fuck is KiTTY thats not putty
Cyber Monday is gone. Lets hope for deal's which made our day Cyber funday.
and YET people ask why the fuck i'm using passwords for $7 VPS's
Btw you can just save your private and public ssh key in vaultwarden.
no difference in losing a password
Me from Page 1 to Page 777
because i don't know how to connect with an ssh key using command prompt but i CAN do it with a password
Just ask chatgpt how to:
1. Generate a ed25519 keypair on windows
2. Setup .ssh/config on windows
Once you’ve fone that, everything will be a breeze I promise you