When you connect to an ssh server with your ssh client, the pubic key of the server is compared to the keys stored in a file on the client computer. Which file is this?
A) ~/.ssh/known_hosts
B) ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
C) ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
D) ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub

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The file `~/.ssh/known_hosts` on the client computer stores the public keys of SSH servers that the client has connected to previously. When connecting to an SSH server, the server's public key is compared against this file to verify the server's identity.

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