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  • Generates an RSA key
  • Key strength is 2048
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Tin-Phams-iMac:~ tinpham$ ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/tinpham/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /Users/tinpham/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /Users/tinpham/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
c7:6c:3e:87:4a:09:90:ef:6d:a9:88:f8:f0:89:d2:13 tinpham@Tin-Phams-iMac.local
The key's randomart image is:
+--[ RSA 2048]----+
|        . oo.    |
|         s ..  . |
|          ...++ .|
|       T . +.=...|
|        F o + *. |
|         + o + . |
|          C .    |
|         . +     |
|                 |
+-----------------+
Tin-Phams-iMac:~ tinpham$

Resources

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html - pretty good article, I think I can improve it, shorter, clearly show when running on client or server.

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