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Authorized Key

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000354

A public key that has been configured as authorizing access to an account by anyone capable of using the corresponding private key (identity key) in the SSH protocol. An authorized key may be configured with certain restrictions, most notably a forced command and a source restriction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000354
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesNISTIR 7966; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000354",
  "term": "Authorized Key",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A public key that has been configured as authorizing access to an account by anyone capable of using the corresponding private key (identity key) in the SSH protocol. An authorized key may be configured with certain restrictions, most notably a forced command and a source restriction.",
  "references": [
    "NISTIR 7966",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/authorized-key/"
}

Record 354 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.