SSH Key Authentication Using Seahorse (GUI) | Linux Today

SSH Key Authentication Using Seahorse (GUI)

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 18, 2008

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this link. ]

“Seahorse is a Gnome front end for GnuPG–the Gnu Privacy Guard
program. It is a tool for secure communications and data storage.
Data encryption and digital signature creation can easily be
performed through a GUI and Key Management operations can easily be
carried out through an intuitive interface.

“In addition it includes a Gedit plugin, can handle files using
Nautilus, an applet for managing stuff put in the clipboard and an
agent for storing private passphrases, as well as a GnuPG and
OpenSSH key manager…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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