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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email its:translate="no">jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2013</years>
    </credit>

    <desc>SSH keys are used to login to a remote computer, once a secure
    connection has been established.</desc>
  <credit type="translator copyright"><name>Fran Diéguez</name><email>frandieguez@gnome.org</email><years>2021</years></credit></info>

  <title>Que é unha chave Secure Shell?</title>

  <p>A <em>Secure Shell key</em>, often just called an <em>SSH key</em>,
  helps you create a secure connection over an unsecured network.</p>

  <list>
    <title>An SSH key actually consists of two parts:</title>
    <item><p>A public key, which is widely available.</p></item>
    <item><p>A private key, which is kept secret. The private key is used
    to unlock messages encrypted with a corresponding public key.</p></item>
  </list>

  <p>The advantage of using an <em>SSH key</em> to create a connection between
  computers is that only the <em>Public key</em> needs to be sent over
  the network. Transmissions encrypted with a <em>Public key</em> can only be
  decoded by unlocking them with the corresponding <em>Private key</em> and a
  password. Because only the public key is sent over the network, the key's
  password is kept secret.</p>

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