Two authentications happen in every SSH session and most candidates narrate only one. Knowing who proves what, and where your agent socket ends up, is the scored material.
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Walk me through an SSH connection from keystroke to shell. Why is agent forwarding considered risky?
Two authentications happen in every SSH session and most candidates narrate only one. Knowing who proves what, and where your agent socket ends up, is the scored material.
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