Lab 19: SSH Keys

Objective

To get experience setting up SSH keys.

Overview

SSH can optionally use public/private key pairs in lieu of passwords. This is more convenient, since if you are SSHing in from the machine with the private key you don't need to type a password. It's also more secure, since you can disable password logins and then only the machine with the private key can access the server over SSH.

If you haven't set this up for your Google Cloud VM yet, you will do so for this lab. To do this, you can use these instructions from 225. You don't need to specify the RSA algorithm as the instructions say, but can allow ssh-keygen to use its default.

Submitting

Submit a screenshot of your public key catted to the terminal screen on your VM, and also a screenshot of you having logged in without typing a password.