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SSH: Login method using Server's Private Key instead of Client's Public Keys?

Just like AWS EC2 style, how do i setup the way people SSH into my Server to be via the Server's Private Key (PEM?), instead of we uploading Clients Public Keys into Server? Idea is to share the Server's Private Key (.pem?) to the Clients, so that…
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Why is the same private key file generating two different public key strings?

I have an ssh key pair that was generated to use as an access key for my GoCD CI/CD server. It was working but due to some configuration changes I made (moved the server out of container to a Linux host) I needed to reinstall the keys on the Linux…
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Zevenet Load Balancer - SSL Certificate

I am really new to this so please be nice :) I am wondering if anyone has any experience with Zevenet Load Balancers. I have setup the community version (V4). I have 2 web servers with replicated content, I have a virtual IP setup in the system…
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Where/how to store my web server's private key on centos?

I have to configure a number of webservers to use HTTPS, I wouldn't consider any 'high security', but I want to cover at least basic security best practices. I'm wondering where I should store the private key the webserver needs to support HTTPS,…
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Store SSH password for combined private key and password authentication

I'm trying to get an user account to be able to be used both with private key only and private key + password. The password only really needs to be long enough for opportunity -based attacks, as I'd like this kind of authentication used on my…
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why can I not log in to this server?

I am trying to log in to a centos 6.8 server and I have the ip address and correct password. It stored the private key in my known_hosts file, but then I forgot about. My colleague can login from his computer, he has the private key in the…
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Store and read private key securely

i'm wondering what would be the best way to store private key in web server and read it from web apps? So far the action taken is the directory of private key will deny all access from browser, and the directory files can be read and write by…
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How to avoid asking password when logging via SSH Key?

I have this scenario: I login to dns1 with key and same with dns2. Suddenly for each of the keys I used it started to ask me server password, this was never happening in past, and I did no changes on both servers at once to have this occur. I tried…
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OpenVpn Client credentials security, key crt generation

I'm curious what is Your opinion on openvpn client crt/key security In most cases (tutorials), the clients key/crt are generated on the same openvpn server, and no one cares about the future. This is secure, as long as someone gets into the server…
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Centos requires me to change my password while I'm using private keys

I tried to login to my remote CentOS server using my private key and I was surprised to get this message : There were 29031 failed login attempts since the last successful login. After that it asks me to change my password, which requires my…
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How to use PuttyGen.exe when moving key(s) from old machine to a new machine?

I've only generated the public/private key pair in PuttyGen.exe once. This was the first time I've ever used this tool. Rather than having the folks hosting the server that I'm connecting to, who installed the public key, how can I avoid that, and…
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Security measures of Linux 'certificate store'

I know that windows is using a kind of master key for encrypting private keys which are stored in the certificate store of the OS. Moreover I found out that the certificates and keys in linux are not always stored in the same location (as descripted…
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Give private key ownership to user without /home

so I am looking to set up ssh private/public keys between two servers, for use with sftp (and ultimately lftp using sftp - but one step at a time). I have created the private and public keys, and found that in order to use them, the private key must…
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Confusion over the correct private key

I inherited work on a website and I am trying ultimately to replace SHA-1 certificates with SHA-2 certificates. The first step would be to generate a CSR from my server using the command openssl req -new -sha256 -key myexistingprivate.key -out…
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AWS: Difficulty changing server keys - permission denied (public key)

Struggling with a common problem. The awkward thing is I have followed the guide linked below with success before and I have fully established a working Amazon Web Services LAMP stack running Ubuntu and referencing an RDS database instance. Here is…
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