PUBLIC KEYS DO NOT GUARANTEE FULL SECURITY OF SSH SETUP

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SSH keys or Secure Shell keys are the set of key pairs that allow the user to modify and control their remote servers. It is a security protocol system that makes sure no outsider trespasses the networking system, as there have been crimes reported where hackers had assessed the server systems and misused the information. 


It is a client-server based security system that works on the authentication of passwords and identities. This protocol shields up thousands of authentication methods. It works on the authentication and authorization as commands sent by the client to the host and later revert back on them to the client. 


As mentioned above SSH keys work on a pair of two keys namely - Public Key and a Private Key. Though it is said that SSH protocol is one of the best security measures but still it is somewhere believed that public key is not enough for SSH security, and this is so because there’s a file stored as a backup in the user system which can be used by the intruders to access your infrastructure. 



Your public keys are vulnerable as they are from the client's end which makes it easy for trespassers to interfere with the data which can provide them with the credentials of users who are unguarded, hence it paves them the way from where they can step into the data. This threat of info getting out was replaced and put a seal on by Cloudflare Access, they have provided the SSH system with zero-trust security in order to keep all the particulars safe. This security process asks every user to provide for their identity and it works on the user identity-based rules.


The traditional setup of SSH protocol functions on private networks and SSH keys. Though, with the introduction of the security support system, this was converted into a totally different direction which states that no user should be trusted, which means every user should prove their I’d before they are allowed to assess the data.


This conversion of the SSH model was introduced by Cloudfare last year which has totally replaced the working protocol of SSH, hence modulated into a way where every request from the users is evaluated.

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