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I wish this whole SSH business would be less complicated...

• minitech 10y ago
  The defaults are actually fine; don’t worry. You don’t need to set a passphrase for your key, you don’t need to run an agent. Just ssh-keygen -t ed25519 and paste your public key into ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. `-t ed25519` is optional.
  • Latty 10y ago
    > You don’t need to set a passphrase for your key That's highly questionable advice. The passphrase is like two factor auth, it protects you if your private key ends up in someone else's hands. That's a risk you have to weigh up.