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Former Member
3 years ago

OpenSSH Agent like putty

I see putty now allows you to configure pageant to let openSSH access keys via named pipes, and it can coexist with the built in Open SSH agent in Windows. It basically works like how you configure 1password on Linux and Mac, so taking over the named pipe shouldn't be neccessary. Any plans to change how it works on windows in the future? I fear that Windows or defender will suddently realize that this is not the correct process, and block it at some point.

Here's how Putty does it, section 9.3.3: https://tartarus.org/%7Esimon/putty-prerel-snapshots/htmldoc/Chapter9.html#pageant-cmdline (yes, this is actually where putty stores it's documentationšŸ˜Ŗ)

Also, any plans to include native support for putty/pageant? Alot of windows tools like WinSCP and Devolutions RDM uses Putty as it's backend, so it would be useful to have support built in. I got it working with Nathan Beals' WinSSH-Pageant, but would be super nice to have it built inšŸ˜Š

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  • mijou's avatar
    mijou
    New Contributor
    2 months ago

    Hi,

    I'd like to support previous request. Being able to use 1Password ssh agent (off-the-shelf) with PuTTY and its derivatives (all the producs relying on it) would be great as it is probably what is used by many Unix users on Windows. 

    In the meantime, it'd be good if the solution mentioned above, relying on WinSSH-pageant proxy from Nathan Beal (https://github.com/ndbeals/winssh-pageant) would help a lot. On Windows 11, it is working like a charm and the installation is not more difficult than (as explained on WinSSH-pageant site):

    • Installation: winget install winssh-pageant
    • Startup: double click on winssh-pageant short cut in $HOME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

    Michel

    • 1P_Phil's avatar
      1P_Phil
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      2 months ago

      Hi mijouā€‹ ,

      Thanks for reaching out. I'll get this in front of the team.  Thanks for sharing your interim fix as well. No promise on timing, but it helps to know that this is still a valid request.

      Regards,
      Phil