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Good reason to get a Yubikey or similar, and use it to generate WebAuthn‐based SSH keys that can’t be used once exfiltrated. (“ssh-keygen -t ed25519_sk”)


Encrypting keys with a passphrase would also help.


Yes, but once an attacker has root on your systems they may well install something that captures that passphrase so a chunk of hardware that you have with you would seem to offer some extra protection.




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