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 ## The SSH Server
 
+### Important Not Before You Make SSH Changes
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+It is highly advised you keep a 2nd terminal open to your server **before you make and apply SSH configuration changes**. This way if you lock yourself out of your 1st terminal session, you still have one sesssion connected so you can fix it.
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+Thank you to [Sonnenbrand](https://github.com/Sonnenbrand) for this [idea](https://github.com/imthenachoman/How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server/issues/56).
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 ### SSH Public/Private Keys
 
 #### Why