When asked for a public key authorization an SSH client will, in its default configuration, try all the keys available to it. This means it will expose all the keys you might have to any server that ask. Here is how to fix it if you value your privacy, .
Have a default deny and only allow keys to the servers you specify. Edit ~/.ssh/config and add the following to the end
# identitiesonly forces you to specify an idenitity, to prevent ssh trying all identities it can find
Host *
PubkeyAuthentication no
IdentitiesOnly yes
Now, you probably will want this in the beginning:
#localhost for local vms and port forwarded ssh
Host localhost
PubkeyAuthentication yes
and then for each server that you care about:
Host server-root
HostName server.com
User root
PubkeyAuthentication yes
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
to connect simply use
ssh server-root
You could also omit hostname
if it matches the host
entry and use ssh hostname
as usual