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With other SSH clients:
# Your key must be in OpenSSH format when you send it to your professor; this format is used by the default SSH client on Mac OS/X and Linux as well as PuTTY. If it is in SSH2 format, used by some other client programs, you can convert it with this command on a Linux system with OpenSSH (such as Matrix):
ssh-keygen -i -f ~/.ssh/''SSH2_PUBLIC_KEY_FILE''.pub > ~/.ssh/''OPENSSH_PUBLIC_KEY_FILE''.pub
Your professor will do this automatically as part of the key processing; however, you will need to manually perform this step for any keys that you append to your <code>~/.ssh/authorized_keys</code> file(s).
== Disconnect/Reconnect Ability ==
The [[Screen Tutorial|screen]] utility provides disconnect/reconnect capability, which is very useful for unstable network connections, long interactive operations, and changing your work location.