content/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/githubs-ssh-key-fingerprints.md

metadata

title: GitHub's SSH key fingerprints
intro: >-
  Public key fingerprints can be used to validate a connection to a remote
  server.
redirect_from:
  - /articles/what-are-github-s-ssh-key-fingerprints
  - /articles/github-s-ssh-key-fingerprints
  - /articles/githubs-ssh-key-fingerprints
  - /github/authenticating-to-github/githubs-ssh-key-fingerprints
  - >-
    /github/authenticating-to-github/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/githubs-ssh-key-fingerprints
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Identity
  - Access management
shortTitle: SSH key fingerprints

These are {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}'s public key fingerprints:

{% data reusables.ssh.fingerprints %}

You can add the following ssh key entries to your ~/.ssh/known_hosts file to avoid manually verifying {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} hosts:

{% data reusables.ssh.known_hosts %}

For more information, see AUTOTITLE.