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blemasle
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
Storing ssh private key should not mean storing them unencrypted
Hi,
Just found out that 1password now supports SSH keys, wonderful!
Trouble is, 1 password decrypts the private key and returns a unencrypted key when downloading the file. Why not decrypt the ...
blemasle
4 years agoOccasional Contributor
Great news floris_1P !
I haven't been able to finish the setup of the ssh agent on windows yet, so at the moment I'm using the export to retrieve my private keys.
I have several use cases in mind for exporting a key
* In the case I stop using 1password, I want to be able to export my keys in a protected way.
* In the case of an urgent need without 1password installed on a machine, I want to be able to retrieve and use my keys "the old way" without having to configure ssh-agent or even install 1password. As a side note, the website does not allow the download of the attached files in my ssh key entries. So there is really no way of exporting it encrypted in the case 1password is not installed.
* There is probably more in the same general idea around the fact that 1password ssh-agent might not be available everywhere.
Anyway, glad to hear that this would be coming at some point :)