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   Message 19,347 of 21,939   
   Adam Funk to Theo   
   Re: It is now very nearly impossible to    
   02 Feb 24 16:09:02   
   
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   On 2024-02-01, Theo wrote:   
      
   > Chris Green  wrote:   
      
   >> Not true, you're advocating separate keys for each remote and not   
   >> keeping thenm in an agent so login isn't 'passwordless' or automatic.   
   >   
   > I wasn't advocating that.  The agent's purpose is so you only have to type   
   > the passphrase once per session - if that makes keys easier to use and maybe   
   > helps you have a stronger passphrase (since you don't need to type it so   
   > often), then why not?   
   >   
   > There may be some threat models where you don't want your machine holding   
   > unlocked keys in RAM, in which case fair enough and you need to type the   
   > passphrase each time, but for many use cases ssh-agent (and its integration   
   > into things like KDE KWallet or MacOS keychain) is fine.   
      
   You can use `ssh-add -D` to delete all keys from the agent or `ssh-add   
   -t 1h` (for example) to limit the keys' life in the agent to 1 hour.   
      
      
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