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Is it a bad idea to use the same private ssh key on multiple computers?
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Mar 15, 202624467 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I recently bought a laptop from which I need to access the same remote hosts that I do from my desktop. It occurred to me that it might be possible to simply copy the private key file from my desktop to my laptop and avoid having to add a new key to the files on all the hosts I want to access. So m…
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~/.ssh/authorized_keys
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Yes, this is possible. Your private key isn't tied to a single machine. Not sure what you mean by non-obvious, that's often subjective ;). It's not a bad idea at all if you make sure you have a very strong passphrase set, 20 characters at least. The…
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