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TIL about randomart in ssh. It generates ASCII art from ssh keys. SSH keys are long strings of characters, and they are easy to verify with a computer, but difficult for humans to verify visually. If you regularly ssh to a server, it's anticipated that you'd notice any changes to the picture.

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