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SSH: passwords or keys?

SSH: passwords or keys?

Posted Jan 14, 2010 10:30 UTC (Thu) by Trou.fr (subscriber, #26289)
In reply to: SSH: passwords or keys? by dd9jn
Parent article: SSH: passwords or keys?

except that OpenSSH has a bug open since _years_ to enable "ask for PIN" functionnalilty, without it it's useless...

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=608


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SSH: passwords or keys?

Posted Jan 14, 2010 15:28 UTC (Thu) by dd9jn (subscriber, #4459) [Link]

Well, I never used that.

GnuPG implements the gpg-agent protocol since 2005 and ever since allows the use of smartcards - including PIN entry. It even utilizes the PINpad on some readers.

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