On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 10:46 <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, June 03, 2022 10:43:53 AM Tom Browder wrote: > > I have been using ssh for logging in to my remote hosts for many years, > but > > I have NOT been using ssh-agent. > > I'm intentionally not addressing your specific questions. > > For me, your post is rather timely, because I'm digging into ssh and was > trying to understand the different methods of authentication and trying to > decide what was best for me. (I have a SOHO with up to 5 nodes at time > (right > now only 3.) > > From some of my reading, ssh certificates seem to be highly recommended, > although it has seemed difficult for me to get all the details I want. > > The best resource I've found so far is:
I remember seeing that in the past. Note when I started my https://usafa-1965.org website in 2010 I plunged into creating ssl certificates for my classmates to log in painlessly. But it was a pain for me, although I built my CA with a hand-coded Perl set of programs which helped immensely. There are now better CA solutions (open source ones, too), but for my purposes I think the ssh-agent will be easier. https://betterprogramming.pub/how-to-use-ssh-certificates-for-scalable-secure- > and-more-transparent-server-access-720a87af6617?gi=8a3ac1f658bc > <https://betterprogramming.pub/how-to-use-ssh-certificates-for-scalable-secure-and-more-transparent-server-access-720a87af6617?gi=8a3ac1f658bc> > > One problem with that article is that it seems that there are about 3 > blanks > in it where, for example, the text mentions something like ~"use this > command" > and then there is a big blank spot. (I've tried viewing the page in 2 to > 4 > different browsers, depending on how you count them -- some older versions > of > firefox, a fairly recent version of firefox, and an older version of > konqueror). I briefly looked at the article and didn't notice anything missing. Maybe if you could take some screen shots in those areas we could help. -Tom
