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OpenSSH Series 10: Store your key

Posted on 2019-01-19 Edited on 2025-10-24 In Docs Disqus:

At last, I want to share some methods to store the ssh keys.

Things you should never do

Don’t upload your ~/.ssh to GitHub or Gitlab, even in a private repo, it seems like you put your bank card and password in it
Don’t leave your key’s passphrase empty
You should use the trusted login tool, better to use open-source login tools like OpenSSH. Many hacked tools can steal your keys.

My strategy

use git to manage the ~/.ssh for tracking the modification
When I need to sync the key and config file, I manually carry the hardware disk to sync