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Former Member
4 years agoWindows SSH Agent without Windows Hello?
Hi!
I was very excited to try the new SSH tooling built into 1Password 8 Beta for Windows. However, I do not have Windows Hello on my desktop which sounds like a requirement to use the 1Password S...
Tertius
4 years agoSuper Contributor
My company (worldwide, > 100000 employees) also disabled Windows Hello for reasons unknown to me, at least for the machines located in Germany. Since regular ssh agents ask for the key password once at loading time, then never again, I would like a similar behavior in 1Password as option. Just be able to disable any prompt and just serve the key if it is requested by some ssh client.
I understand asking for Windows hello unlock is a security measure to make me aware that a ssh key is actually requested, and to detect unexpected requests, but this is not standard behavior of ssh agents.