You can find many tutorials online on how to use ssh-agent or ssh-ident correctly. This is a short and simple two line fix aimed at a specific use i.e. a single connection to a jumphost. Add this to your .bashrc So now when you type jumphost: And from the jumphost you can ssh connect to […] The post Simple jumphost ssh-agent config appeared first on Jan van den Berg.| Jan van den Berg
Passwords and pass-phrases are an authentication method; they authenticate the user as the only one, at least in theory, who knows the correct phrase. With encryption tools, they serve an additional purpose; they either generate the symmetric key directly through one or more hashes (eg. cryptsetup), or they decrypt an existing stored key (eg. LUKS, GnuPG).| and1equals1.blogspot.com
I've discovered a great PAM module for using an SSH agent to authenticate the user for sudo access. I'm planning on installing it on all of my Linux servers.| and1equals1.blogspot.com