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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Would it be better to create a user account for ssh? Right now I just use the root account along with the password.

Also, can anyone point me to a good guide for generating and setting up certificates for extra security? (I've seen the ones on Ubuntu and such but the whole private/public key confuses me.. like which goes on which PC/tablet). I want the server to be my tablet (since I primarily use ssh for transffering files wirelessly).
ssh-keygen
ssh-copy-id

both are installed on the NIT.

final result should be a file: /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys. the folder /home/user/.ssh/ should be chmod'ed 700 and the file /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys should be chmod'ed 600.
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