Having fun with OpenSSH private keys

you likely have an SSH private key. and unless you&rsquo;re doing something seriously wrong, only you have this key. that&rsquo;s the entire point, after all. this private key is used for authenticating with an SSH server. you sign a message with your private key and the server then verifies it with the public key. this ensures that it&rsquo;s you who authenticated to the server, and not your…