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> My public keys are public for a reason though.

in the ideal, yes. but it wasn’t long ago (start of covid really) that i kept my personal and work ssh keys under the same profile. both of those alone are “public”, but that they correspond to the same identity perhaps ought not to be.

yeah, there are better ways to manage separate identities (separate users, VMs, VPNs)… and reminding people that `ssh host-name` can reveal all your ssh keys is a good way to push people toward those better solutions! :)



> reminding people that `ssh host-name` can reveal all your ssh keys is a good way to push people toward those better solutions!

I guess I just take issue with the fear mongering. People often make it sound like the end of the world to not be perfectly anonymous.


Is this the case with this config as well?

    Host one
     HostName one.of.the.server.sh
     User hn
     IdentityFile ~/.ssh/one.of.the.server.sh.key




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