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Account security
Authentication to GitHub
Create a strong password
Switching between accounts
Verifying devices on sign in
Update access credentials
Manage personal access tokens
Reviewing your SSH keys
Deploy keys
Token expiration
Review security log
Security log events
Remove sensitive data
About anonymized URLs
GitHub's IP addresses
SSH key fingerprints
Sudo mode
Unauthorized access
Viewing and managing sessions
Secure your account with 2FA
About 2FA
Configure 2FA
Configure 2FA recovery
Access GitHub with 2FA
Recover an account with 2FA
Change 2FA method
About mandatory 2FA
Countries supporting SMS
Disable 2FA
Authenticate with a passkey
About passkeys
Manage your passkeys
Sign in with a passkey
Connect with SSH
About SSH
SSH agent forwarding
Managing deploy keys
Check for existing SSH key
Generate new SSH key
Add a new SSH key
Test your SSH connection
SSH key passphrases
Troubleshooting SSH
Error: Host key verification failed
Permission denied other-user
SSL certificate problem