---
title: "Discussion on \"EC2 & SSH - When Your Private Key Isn't So Private\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"EC2 & SSH - When Your Private Key Isn't So Private\". Houston, We Have A Problem\nAWS makes it super easy to SSH into an instance by giving you the option the create a new SSH Key Pair for you on the fly.  In fact the very last step in creating an EC2 instance is assigning a Key Pair.  So now with your K..."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/ec2-and-ssh-when-your-private-key-isnt-so-private/5fbfc33f5685ea40e2950a68"
---

[Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) /

Discussion

# [EC2 & SSH - When Your Private Key Isn't So Private](https://blog.mindrepo.net/ec2-and-ssh-when-your-private-key-isnt-so-private?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Houston, We Have A Problem AWS makes it super easy to SSH into an instance by giving you the option the create a new SSH Key Pair for you on the fly. In fact the very last step in creating an EC2 instance is assigning a Key Pair. So now with your K...

Nov 26, 2020 · 3 min read · blog.mindrepo.net  
Read the article

-   [#ssh](https://hashnode.com/tag/ssh)

## Written by

[Sandon Nachmann](https://hashnode.com/@sandon321)

@sandon321

  
[View profile](https://hashnode.com/@sandon321)

## Responses

Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post

No responses yet.