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Kovid Goyal 2022-08-11 07:29:56 +05:30
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@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ with the following command line::
echo -en '\eP@kitty-cmd{"cmd":"ls","version":[0,14,2]}\e\\' | socat - unix:/tmp/test | awk '{ print substr($0, 13, length($0) - 14) }' | jq -c '.data | fromjson' | jq .
.. _rc_crypto:
Encrypted communication
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@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ decision is remembered for the duration of that kitty instance.
For password based authentication to work over SSH, you must pass the
:envvar:`KITTY_PUBLIC_KEY` environment variable to the remote host. The
:doc:`ssh kitten <kittens/ssh>` does this for you automatically. When
using a password, public key cryptography is used to ensure the password
using a password, :ref:`rc_crypto` is used to ensure the password
is kept secure. This does mean that using password based authentication
is slower as the entire command is encrypted before transmission. This
can be noticeable when using a command like ``kitty @ set-background-image``