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On the client side, the ~/.ssh/known_hosts
file contains the public host keys that OpenSSH has obtained
from SSH servers. OpenSSH adds an entry for each new server to
which a user connects.
In addition, the ~/.ssh
directory usually
contains one of the following pairs of key files:
-
id_dsa
andid_dsa.pub
Contain a user's SSH2 DSA private and public keys.
-
id_rsa
andid_rsa.pub
Contains a user's SSH2 RSA private and public keys. SSH2 RSA is most commonly used key-pair type.
-
identity
andidentity.pub
Contains a user's SSH1 RSA private and public keys.
The private key file can be readable and writable by the user but must not be accessible to other users.
The optional config
file contains client
configuration settings.
A config
file can be readable and
writable by the user but must not be accessible to other
users.
For more information, see the ssh(1)
and
ssh-keygen(1)
manual pages.