RE: Question about passphrases with protocol 1.
Robert.Baskerville_at_Vistorm.com
Date: 07/14/03
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:13:29 +0100 To: <steveo@syslang.net>, <secureshell@securityfocus.com>
> I have two keys. The first is a DSA ssh2 key and the second is ssh1 RSA.
> When I first log in (after a fresh reboot), it runs ssh-agent and then
> runs ssh-add. The problem is that both keys have the same passphrase but > I only get asked for one passphrase. This, even though it clearly knows > that it's loading two keys.
I suspect that it find that it can unlock the second key with the already-cache passphrase so doesn't bother asking....
Having two keys with the same passphrase is probably bad karma. Doubtless there are good cryptographic reason for why one shouldn't do this; however it just *feels* bad anyway :-)
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