GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts. Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) found ...

GitHub, too, wants to move away from typical passwords and to more secure authentication standards. At present, users can now use a password, personal access token (PAT), or an SSH key to access ...

GitHub SSH KeyGen Tools There are numerous ways to create SSH keys for Git. I often used PuttyGen as my GitHub SSH KeyGen tool of choice, especially if I was working in a Windows environment. But for ...

In November 2020, GitHub disabled REST API password authentication and introduced FIDO2 security keys support to secure SSH Git operations in May 2021.

This change only impacts Git operations over SSH using RSA. Web traffic to GitHub.com and HTTPS Git operations are not affected.” Only GitHub.com’s RSA SSH key was replaced.

In this GitLab SSH Keys tutorial, we show you how to configure SSH keys to securely connect your local Git instance with your remote GitLab repositories. How to setup GitLab SSH keys To setup and ...

If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack Wallen believes the GitHub Desktop app is the perfect tool for the job.