AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - Password Versus SSH Key Authentication

The video tutorial explains the importance of secure authentication, highlighting the vulnerabilities of plaintext passwords to brute force attacks. It introduces SSH key authentication as a more secure alternative, detailing the tools available in the Open SSH suite. The tutorial covers the installation of SSH clients on various operating systems and explains the SSH protocol's architecture, including its transport, authentication, and connection layers. It provides an in-depth look at SSH key authentication, describing the roles of private and public keys. Finally, it outlines practical use cases for SSH, such as securing remote access and file transfers.

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