GitHub has added support for securing SSH Git operations using FIDO2 security keys for added protection from account takeover attempts.

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 ...

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.

To connect Git operations securely to your GitLab repository, you will need to configure GitLab SSH keys both locally and remotely. Here's a quick example of how to do it.

Create groups, projects, and more. Adding ssh keys In order to push or pull to your projects, you must add remote machine account ssh-keys to your new GitLab account.