When you connect to an ssh server with your ssh client, the public key of the server is compared to the keys stored in a file on the client computer. Which file is this?

The correct answer is C. ~/.ssh/known_hosts. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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A~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
B~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
C~/.ssh/known_hosts
D~/.ssh/authorized_keys

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