Abstract

Certificate-based SSH authentication is superior to SSH keys in many ways:

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• client certificate
  • This certificate is stored on the client and is provided to the host during the ssh connection establishment.
  • It is used on the host side to authenticate the clients that try to login.
• host certificate
  • This certificate is stored on the host and is provided to the client during the ssh connection establishment.
  • It is used on the client side to authenticate the host that the client tries to login.

Configuration

To configure the client and the host, there are separate pages:

• Certificate Authority
• Client Setup
• Host Setup