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title: "ED25519 keys for SSH now supported in our portal"
date: 2021-02-02
tags: ["Improvement"]
url: https://changelog.exoscale.com/ed-keys-for-ssh-now-supported-in-our-portal/
---
# ED25519 keys for SSH now supported in our portal

<p class="">ED25519 ssh keys can now be imported in the Exoscale portal.  These keys are smaller, faster to generate and verify and more importantly offer better security.</p><p class="">If you do not have one already create a new key pair with <i><b>ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "strong-key@exoscale.net"</b></i></p><p class="">Import the key in the Exoscale portal:</p><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure>
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[Import keypairs in Exoscale portal](https://portal.exoscale.com/compute/keypairs)