scp (secure copy) to ec2 instance without password

Question

I have an EC2 instance running (FreeBSD 9 AMI ami-8cce3fe5), and I can ssh into it using my amazon-created key file without password prompt, no problem.

However, whe

Answer 1

Just tested:

Run the following command:

sudo shred -u /etc/ssh/*_key /etc/ssh/*_key.pub

Then:

1. create ami (image of the ec2).
2. launch from new ami(image) from step no 2 chose new keys.