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Authentication

Keep your account and data secure with features like SSH and commit signature verification.

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Generating a new SSH key and adding it to the ssh-agent
After you've checked for existing SSH keys, you can generate a new SSH key to use for authentication, then add it to the ssh-agent.
Creating a personal access token
You can create a personal access token to use in place of a password with the command line or with the API.
Updating your GitHub access credentials
GitHub AE credentials include the access tokens, SSH keys, and application API tokens you use to communicate with GitHub AE. Should you have the need, you can reset all of these access credentials yourself.

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Keeping your account and data secure

Authenticating with SAML single sign-on

About authentication with SAML single sign-on

Connecting to GitHub with SSH

Troubleshooting SSH

Managing commit signature verification

Troubleshooting commit signature verification