{"meta":{"title":"GitHub's SSH key fingerprints","intro":"Public key fingerprints can be used to validate a connection to a remote server.","product":"Authentication","breadcrumbs":[{"href":"/en/authentication","title":"Authentication"},{"href":"/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure","title":"Account security"},{"href":"/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/githubs-ssh-key-fingerprints","title":"SSH key fingerprints"}],"documentType":"article"},"body":"# GitHub's SSH key fingerprints\n\nPublic key fingerprints can be used to validate a connection to a remote server.\n\nThese are GitHub's public key fingerprints:\n\n* `SHA256:uNiVztksCsDhcc0u9e8BujQXVUpKZIDTMczCvj3tD2s` (RSA)\n* `SHA256:br9IjFspm1vxR3iA35FWE+4VTyz1hYVLIE2t1/CeyWQ` (DSA - closing down)\n* `SHA256:p2QAMXNIC1TJYWeIOttrVc98/R1BUFWu3/LiyKgUfQM` (ECDSA)\n* `SHA256:+DiY3wvvV6TuJJhbpZisF/zLDA0zPMSvHdkr4UvCOqU` (Ed25519)\n\nYou can add the following ssh key entries to your `~/.ssh/known_hosts` file to avoid manually verifying GitHub hosts:\n\n```text\ngithub.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOMqqnkVzrm0SdG6UOoqKLsabgH5C9okWi0dh2l9GKJl\ngithub.com ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBEmKSENjQEezOmxkZMy7opKgwFB9nkt5YRrYMjNuG5N87uRgg6CLrbo5wAdT/y6v0mKV0U2w0WZ2YB/++Tpockg=\ngithub.com ssh-rsa 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\n```\n\nFor more information, see [REST API endpoints for meta data](/en/rest/meta/meta#get-github-meta-information)."}