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A few more things:

An SSH key can be freely reused to log in to multiple SSH servers without compromise. Passwords should never be reused between multiple servers, because the other end could log it.

An SSH key can be stored in an agent, which provides some minor security benefits, and more importantly, adds a whole lot of convenience.

An SSH key can be tied to a Yubikey out of the box, providing strong 2FA.




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