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Generally yes, but here you're using this ostensibly ephemeral key as an identity. Usually you want your identity to _not_ be ephemeral, so that it can reliably
by denkmoon 4y ago
Generally yes, but here you're using this ostensibly ephemeral key as an identity. Usually you want your identity to _not_ be ephemeral, so that it can reliably identify you.
Which is why this is a bit silly and I don't see why you'd do this rather than "good old" PGP.
- justsomeadvice0 4y agoLots of people use permanent-ish HSM-backed keys (like yubikeys) for SSH access so I guess this saves them from distributing another key? Outside of that I agree, I don't really see the point.
- stormbrew 4y agoMostly because using pgp (or more specifically gpg) is a pain in the ass and ssh-keygen is not
- wodenokoto 4y agoI can setup a pair of SSH keys. I have given up trying to setup PGP. So that's one reason to not use ""good old" PGP". Why can a PGP key be permanent but an SSH key not? I'm assuming both are just files and as a user you are required not to lose/give them away.