Passwords are also susceptible to “man-in-the-middle” attacks, where a hacker can intercept your password in plain text when you connect to the server and then use it whenever they want.Ī private key connection, however, doesn’t allow man-in-the-middle attacks. A private key on your local computer isn’t as vulnerable as a password. Something you have, on the other hand, is a lot more difficult to fake. In general, passwords are slowly being phased out for serious security applications – or at the very least, they’re being combined with other forms of authentication. And something you know can also be known by other people. Authentication usually hinges on one or more of three things:Ī password belongs to the first category – something you know. When logging in via SSH, you can choose to use a password or a key file.
This tutorial will be done on a Linux VPS.
In this article, we’ll show you how to use a private key to allow you to log into a server without the need for typing in a password.
We also saw that we need to use the “puttygen” tool to convert it into a format that’s accepted by a lot of software programs like WinSCP for SFTP access, and so on. In an earlier article, we saw how to generate a private/public key pair. However, private keys offer a good balance between convenience and security. While several methods exist to properly secure your server, from using a long password to two-factor authentication, they can be quite a hassle to set up and use on a day-to-day basis. After download and installing, 2 or 3 steps help you to run PuTTY successfully.With security becoming increasingly important in today’s modern world of information theft and privacy concerns, keeping your server safe and secure has almost become a necessity. The Close Window on Exit option helps the user decide whether they want the PuTTY terminal has to be closed as the session ends or to restart the session on Termination. To delete the season, the Users have this option.To modify the save session, the panel permits by first loading a session, editing everything you want to modify, i.e., making changes, and finally clicking the Save button.In the respective box of the configuration panel, the save setting will appear.
After saving it, you can select the save session and click on Load.The “Load, save or delete a stored session” helps you set some connection without acknowledging all the details.
The Serial Line and Speed will replace the Host Name and Port Bars once you select the Serial as the connection type.If you choose the Raw Type, the bar stays blank, and users have to enter the port manually. Once you select the type of connection, the Port Bar has filled automatically.Radio button Connection Type will allow the user to connect to the network of their choice.The Host Name Bar (or IP Address) in this user has to input the name or the IP Address of the server.You need to specify the specific options in the preliminary panel to open a session.