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Former Member
3 years agoHow is SSH Agent is better than iCloud symlink?
I used to use 1Password a couple of years ago, up until I just started using Keychain.
When I discovered SSH Agent, I decided to resub and try it. Before that, I used to keep all the keys in a fol...
Former Member
3 years ago@tred27 that is what I considered very appealing. My issue is that I have collected over a hundred ssh keys as a web developer. The customer server almost always limits authentication tries, so I have to specify public keys in the config file.
So currently my config like looks exactly the same as before 1password, but instead of private keys, I store public keys in the ~/.ssh folder. And I still need to sync that folder to iCloud, because I have a desktop and a laptop to sync between.
Having 1Password filling in SSH keys in the browser is useful for GitHub, GitLab, bitbucket, and a couple of self-hosted git repos. And even then only once. :)
I'm trying hard to understand, does 1Password have something that avoids me from dealing with the ~/.ssh folder and I'm missing it?