Just wanted a quick summary of the differences between them and why there are two?
SSH – Difference Between authorized_keys and authorized_keys2
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Best Answer
In OpenSSH prior to version 3, the sshd man page used to say:
The release announcement for version 3 states that authorized_keys2 is deprecated and all keys should be put in the authorized_keys file.