diff --git a/ssh/index.md b/ssh/index.md index 06d01fa..6a16539 100644 --- a/ssh/index.md +++ b/ssh/index.md @@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ Secure Shell is the defacto tool for connecting between devices security in IOT # Generating a key After installing ssh, we recommend generating an ECDSA (elliptic crypto key) + ``` ssh-keygen -t ECDSA + ``` This will ask for a password to encrypt the private key. **It is very very important that you save this password somewhere safe but easy to retrieve. If you lose it, you will have to generate a new key pair** This will put the public and private key in your `.ssh` folder - id_ed25519 # your private key, password protected - id_ed25519.pub # your public key +- `id_ed25519` # your private key, password protected +- `id_ed25519.pub` # your public key