Commit 7d0cdf62 authored by Rémy Coutable's avatar Rémy Coutable

Simplify the SSH protocol introduction and link to a DO tutorial

Signed-off-by: default avatarRémy Coutable <remy@rymai.me>
parent c9203e25
......@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Git is a distributed version control system, which means you can work locally
but you can also share or "push" your changes to other servers.
Before you can push your changes to a GitLab server
you need a secure communication channel for sharing information.
GitLab uses Public-key or asymmetric cryptography
which encrypts a communication channel by locking it with your "private key"
and allows trusted parties to unlock it with your "public key".
If someone does not have your public key they cannot access the unencrypted message.
The SSH protocol provides this security and allows you to authenticate to the
GitLab remote server without supplying your username or password each time.
For a more detailed explanation of how the SSH protocol works, we advise you to
read [this nice tutorial by DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/understanding-the-ssh-encryption-and-connection-process).
## Locating an existing SSH key pair
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