Commit 920a83be authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'simplify-ssh-doc' into 'master'

Simplify the SSH protocol introduction and link to a DO tutorial

See merge request !8901
parents e3a5f1df 7d0cdf62
...@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ Git is a distributed version control system, which means you can work locally ...@@ -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. but you can also share or "push" your changes to other servers.
Before you can push your changes to a GitLab server Before you can push your changes to a GitLab server
you need a secure communication channel for sharing information. 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" The SSH protocol provides this security and allows you to authenticate to the
and allows trusted parties to unlock it with your "public key". GitLab remote server without supplying your username or password each time.
If someone does not have your public key they cannot access the unencrypted message.
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 ## Locating an existing SSH key pair
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