Who: Ian Shearin
What: Secure Shell Certificates
Where: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-5304, Room 86-01
When: Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 7 PM
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Summary:
In addition to key pairs, Secure Shell (SSH) supports authentication using
certificates, which can provide improved security and decreased
administrative
burden. This talk covers how these certificates work and how to set them up.
(Secure Shell certificates are much simpler than X.509/TLS certificates.)
Bio:
Ian Shearin (they, them) has been using Linux and Secure Shell (SSH)
personally
and professionally for over a decade, but has only recently learned
about and
starting using certificates for SSH.
PLUG is back at Portland State University. Thanks to the Computer
Science Department and to Andrew Greenberg for hosting us! The room is
in the basement of the PSU Engineering Building (also connected
underground to the Fourth Avenue Building, or FAB). Enter through the
Engineering Building. The outside door will be locked, but there should
be someone present at the entrance to let you in starting at 6:40pm
until 7pm. There will be a sign on the door with a phone number you can
SMS if there isn't someone there to let you in immediately.
https://calagator.org/events/1250482148
With luck, the talk will also be streamed live here:
http://www.twitch.tv/kngbwlf, and later posted to YouTube.
--
Russell Senior
PLUG Volunteer
russ...@pdxlinux.org
