Osx Seirra Generate New Ssh Keys
Do not upgrade to macOS Sierra if you have a cloud server (AWS, Digital Ocean, etc.) Read this post first. It will walk you through safely updating to Sierra and updating your SSH keys.
Like many developers, I got a notice from Apple bugging me to install its new macOS Sierra. I clicked “remind me tomorrow” a few days in a row. Then I finally caved one night before going to bed.
Aws azure backup blog cdn cloudflare crashplan dev digitalocean dns docker docs edgerouter esxi git github hexo howto letsencrypt nas nginx nvm oauth osx photon plex rpi s3 splunk ssh ssl synology sysop ubnt ubuntu unifi usg vmware vpn vsan vscode web windows windowscore zsh. Creating a SSH Public Key on OSX¶. You generate an SSH key through Mac OS X by using the Terminal application. Once you upload a valid public SSH key, Gerrit can authenticate you based on this key. The terminal provides you with a text-based command line interface to the Unix shell of Mac OS X. Let's learn how to generate SSH key pairs on macOS Sierra. Generating New Keys. Bring up a new terminal window on macOS by going into Applications/Utilities and opening 'Terminal'. The ssh-keygen command provides an interactive command line interface for generating both the public and private keys. Invoke ssh-keygen with the following -t and -b.
When I woke up, I was no longer able to access Free Code Camp’s servers. C generate 256 bit aes key. It took me a while to realize what had happened. Luckily BerkeleyTrue hadn’t upgraded yet, and was able to add my new SSH keys.
It turns out Apple decided to quietly force 2048-bit RSA keys on everyone, which has been a mild inconvenience for some, and a confused panic for others.
If you’re wondering why RSA keys are more secure than the old DSA keys, they aren’t inherently so. But DSA keys can usually only be 1024 bits, while RSA keys can be longer, which is the case with Sierra’s default 2048-bit RSA keys. Those extra bits make these new keys substantially harder to crack.
Let’s set up your new 2048-bit RSA SSH key.
Step #1: delete your old key and create a new one
First, let’s check and make sure you indeed need a new key.
Open up your terminal and type:
If the prompt responds with a string that starts with “2048 SHA256” you’re done and don’t need to take any further action.
Otherwise, create a new key by running:
The prompt should respond with:
You can just press enter to save it in the default place. Note that this will overwrite your old (broken) key.
You can leave this blank or add a password for a little extra security (and a lot more typing).
Then you’ll get with a cool random “art” that always seems to be shaped like a Christmas tree:
Now make sure your key has the right access permissions by running:
You can check the contents of your public key by running:
Which should return something like:
You’ll need to put this key on your server. To ensure you copy all of it, I recommend you can copy it directly to your clipboard by running:
Step #2: add your new public key to your server
If you can SSH into your server without your key, then try to gain access using a password if you have one.
Otherwise you’ll need to ask someone else who has access to the server to do this for you.
If you’ve disabled password access to your server (which many experts would recommend for security reasons), you may be able to temporarily re-enable password access.
Once you have root access to your server — assuming it’s a Linux server — you just need to run this command:
This will open up your authorized key file using the minimalist text editor “nano” that is included with most Linux distributions. Or you could use Vim.
Then paste in your public SSH key from earlier. Hit control+o to save your changes, then control+x to quit nano.
Disconnect from your server. Now you’re ready to try logging in using your new SSH key.
Step #3: SSH into your server
Run this command to SSH in, replacing root@0.0.0.0 with your server’s login and IP address:
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You should gain normal SSH access to your to your server, without needing to enter a password.
Congratulations! You’re back where you were yesterday, except now Apple will quit bugging you about upgrading your operating system. ?
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