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Former Member
3 years agoAbility to specify which key to use (otherwise: Too many authentication failures)
I was perplexed as to why I could not SSH into a system earlier today. It looks like ssh is simply trying all of the keys in my vault, one after another, though never getting to the one it needs befo...
Former Member
3 years agoI love this feature... however i'm finding this "Too many authentication failures" issue really annoying. I accept the workarounds above, but having to add SSH config for every host I want to connect to really ruins the user experience for me.
To state the obvious - One of the great benefits of storing SSH keys in my vault is that I can confidently have one "primary" SSH key and use it's public key everywhere; resting with the knowledge that the private key has never left 1Password's vault.
Before this feature, I would have a bunch of different keys for different hosts (with the aim of limiting the scope of any breach of a particular private key). The downside of this was i'd need to configure or specify which key to use for each host I connect to. Maintaining a long ssh_config file is pretty inconvenient, so I was excited at the prospect of not needing to do this anymore. Yet here I am, updating my ssh_config on a daily basis!
floris_1P - These may not be technically possible but see 2 potential solutions / ideas which I would love to see implemented:
- The ability to select a "primary" SSH key under the 1Password SSH agent settings, which is the first key offered up by the 1Password SSH agent. (Or even better.. a drag-drop interface to set the order of which SSH keys in my vault are offered). This would allow me to set my "primary" key at the top of the list.
or..
- The ability to toggle on/off a "Use with the 1Password SSH Agent" switch on SSH key items in my vault. For context; I have a bunch of old keys in my vault which I (probably) will never use again; but I want to keep them somewhere safe. This would allow me to do that without hitting this issue.
I look forward to seeing what comes in future releases!