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Yesterday I wanted to add an app to the startup menu, and I noticed that there are two instances that weren't there before: GPG Password Agent and SSH Key Agent.

I didn't install those, and I read it has something to do with passwords. Is that part of the Ubuntu system, that installed with some update and is it safe to be there?

Thank you!

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Those are automatically added when you install OpenSSH server (sshd). It allows you to use keys instead of passwords with ssh, making it more secure. I believe the keyring is what allows you to have the server remember the key so that you don't have to constantly keep reentering it every time you do a command such as scp, which is very convenient if you are copying a number of files (or other ssh commands).

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