GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts.

GitHub, too, wants to move away from typical passwords and to more secure authentication standards. At present, users can now use a password, personal access token (PAT), or an SSH key to access ...

git push You should be prompted for the passphrase for your SSH key (and not your Gogs username). Upon successful authentication, the code will get pushed to the Gogs repository and you’re set.

So, how do you create the required SSH keys and copy them to the server? It’s actually very simple. Here’s how. Open a terminal window on the machine you’ll use to access the servers.

However, the RSA SSH host key exposure can still affect developers since it can cause connection errors and send warning messages. Thankfully, GitHub was able to fix the problem on Mar. 24.

Earlier this year, researcher Ben Cox collected the public SSH (Secure Shell) keys of users with access to GitHub-hosted repositories by using one of the platform’s features.