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What is the randomart image for?
When you generate an SSH key (like I did when looking at signing commits with SSH keys ), you get a “randomart image” from ssh-keygen . These things:
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When you generate an SSH key (like I did when looking at signing commits with SSH keys ), you get a “randomart image” from ssh-keygen . These things: