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User Key

A key that is used for granting access to a user account via the SSH protocol  (as opposed to a host key, which does not grant access to anything but serves to authenticate a host). Both authorized keys and identity keys are user keys. A user key is the equivalent of an access token.


Source: NISTIR 7966 | Category: