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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ it goes without saying but never share your private key on the internet and this
the entire key is base64-encoded in the [PEM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy-Enhanced_Mail) format.
this makes it easier to copy around compared to raw bytes. not that you're supposed to copy it to random places.
An OpenSSH private key consists of two areas:
an OpenSSH private key consists of two areas:
- a plaintext area with the public key
- a potentially encrypted area with the private key
@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ the unencrypted public area makes it easy to check which public key a private ke
the encrypted area makes sure that even if someone manages to steal your private key, they can't use it unless they know your password.
unless you haven't set a password of course. which is why you should set a password for your private key.
having the private key bytes in there THREE TIMES seems very silly. but the fact that the public key is in there at all is useful.
having the public key bytes in there THREE TIMES seems very silly. but the fact that the public key is in there at all is useful.
maybe you've been in a situation where you've needed to find the public key file of a private key you had around, and just couldn't find it.
but as I just mentioned, you don't actually need the `.pub` file for that, as the public key is contained in the private key.