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ED25519 sshkey
KEY_NAME=MY-SECRET_KEY; ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100 -N "" -f ~/.ssh/"${KEY_NAME}" -C "${KEY_NAME}"
# Explanation
KEY_NAME=MY-SECRET_KEY The name of the key, also used as filename
-t ed25519 Use a ed25519 key
-a 100 Use 100 key derivation function rounds (higher = slower)
-N "" No password
-f ~/.ssh/"${KEY_NAME}" Store the key at this location on your computer
-C "${KEY_NAME}" Set the comment to the key name
Host *
Protocol 2
CheckHostIP yes
StrictHostKeyChecking ask
ForwardAgent no
IdentityAgent none
ForwardX11 no
HostbasedAuthentication no
GSSAPIAuthentication no
GSSAPIDelegateCredentials no
PermitLocalCommand no
Tunnel no
Compression yes
Ciphers chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr
MACs hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256
KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
ServerAliveInterval 60
Host github.com
Hostname github.com
User git
BatchMode yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/github-key
PasswordAuthentication no
IdentitiesOnly yes
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