Securing your account

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This is not a complete article: This is a draft, a work in progress that is intended to be published into an article, which may or may not be ready for inclusion in the main wiki. It should not necessarily be considered factual or authoritative.

Types of authentication

There are two primary authentication mechanisms that are used to connect to a cluster : passwords and SSH keys. Below are some best practices for both methods.

Password best practices

• Users are strongly encouraged to use unique passwords, and to never reuse them.