You can pass in a passphrase options for password-protected ssh keys and you can also authenticate using ssh-agent (and/or pageant on Windows). Authenticating with ssh-agent allows you to use password-protected ssh keys, but you only have to type the passphrase in once and do not have to store the passphrase in plaintext.
You can pass in a
passphraseoptions for password-protected ssh keys and you can also authenticate using ssh-agent (and/or pageant on Windows). Authenticating with ssh-agent allows you to use password-protected ssh keys, but you only have to type the passphrase in once and do not have to store the passphrase in plaintext.