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EPISODE · May 2, 2026 · 1H 26M

27: SSH and how we got here

from Runtime Arguments · host Jim McQuillan & Wolf

From rsh to certificates: The story of how we learned to log in safely.SSH has been around for a long time, over 30 years in fact. In this episode we talk about what came before and why SSH is such a huge improvement. We talk about choices you can make in using SSH, such as choosing the right key algorithm and how to securely store those private keys and how to distribute the public keys.Hosts:Jim McQuillan can be reached at [email protected] can be reached at [email protected] us on Mastodon: @[email protected] you have feedback for us, please send it to [email protected] our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fmTheme music:Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky

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From rsh to certificates: The story of how we learned to log in safely. SSH has been around for a long time, over 30 years in fact. In this episode we talk about what came before and why SSH is such a huge improvement. We talk about choices you can make in using SSH, such as choosing the right key algorithm and how to securely store those private keys and how to distribute the public keys. Hosts: Jim McQuillan can be reached at [email protected] Wolf can be reached at wolf@RuntimeArgume...

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