duncankl

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   by duncankl 12y ago

   Thanks for the tip, I wasn't expecting that feature to be part of ssh-keygen.
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   by duncankl 12y ago

   When SSH clients first connect they ask the server for a pseudo terminal (PTY), to enable terminal colors, clearing the screen etc. In this case the SSH server declines that request because it simply wants to send back one line of text. The
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   by duncankl 12y ago

   Thanks for the link! I added it to the article.
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   by duncankl 12y ago

   Glad you liked it! I definitely echo the sentiment of wanting to use these sorts of power-user-only tools. But I think Moxie's recent post, They Live[1], does an excellent job of explaining why we shouldn't accept that the tools a
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   by duncankl 12y ago

   Good point about the <token>@<host> format, I like it much better too. You're right about tying tokens to host names, that would work. But you'd have to justify whether the extra complexity of multiple web servers prer
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   by duncankl 12y ago

   Thank you! I was looking for that option while writing the section on throwaway keys. I'll have to test it out.