When Requesting SSH Access to a Remote System, a User

question 62

Multiple Choice

When requesting SSH access to a remote system, a user accidentally emailed the id_rsa key to the administrator. Which of the following should the user do NEXT?

• A) Run the ssh-add command to add the remote system to known_hosts . Run the ssh-add command to add the remote system to known_hosts .
• B) Ask the administrator to run chmod 600 id_rsa on the remote system. Ask the administrator to run chmod 600 id_rsa on the remote system.
• C) Delete id_rsa key file and send the id_rsa.pub key file instead. Delete key file and send the id_rsa.pub key file instead.
• D) Stop using that key and run ssh-keygen to generate a new key pair. Stop using that key and run ssh-keygen to generate a new key pair.

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