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Remove key from agent when database is locked/closed.

Add key to agent when database is opened/unlocked.

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If your private key has a passphrase fill the password in the “Password” field, otherwise keep it blank.įor our test, we are going to check off the following options, ensuring our SSH key is only available when our password vault is unlocked. The public key should now be displayed below if properly attached. Once attached, go to SSH Agent and select your private key from Attachment. Ssh-keygen.exe -t ed25519 -C " "īack in KeePassXC, Create a new vault entry and select Advanced.

Use OpenSSH for Windows instead of Pageantįor our example, let’s make a new SSH key in a CLI prompt.

Open the KeePassXC Settings Menu (Tools -> Settings).

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*If you Don’t have the OpenSSH Agent service, you may need to install it first. Look for “OpenSSH Authentication Agent” and set Startup type to Automatic and start the service. Use Search or the Run box to open Services.msc.

If you already use a KeePass derivative, open your existing vault. Setupĭownload the latest KeePassXC and install. You should treat this file with a 3-2-1 backup mentality.

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Unlike cloud password managers if you lose this file (or access to download it) you are hosed. Great care should be put into protecting and backing up your KeePass database file. NEVER show or give your private keys to anyone. I will be generating new and disposable SSH keys for demonstration.

Automation of adding/removing the keys from your systems memory when not needed.īefore we begin, a few things to keep in mind.

Depending how you sync your KeePass Database, you can have all your keys on multiple machines and always up to date.

Encrypted at rest, irregardless of if passphrases are on the keys or not.

This is now 1 file to keep track of and keep safe. Moving to KeePassXC for SSH key management allowed me to do the following: I once found myself 1000’s of miles away from home without my SSH keys to a degraded production system.

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Not easily portable or synced across multiple systems.

Mental gymnastics keeping track of keys + locations.

Required to keep SSH keys lying around on computers, some without passphrases.

These solutions worked, but had some flaws:

Manually selecting a SSH key on every authentication ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_client.

Keeping some SSH keys in ~/.ssh/ and configuring ssh-agent to read them.

I’ve been using SSH key authentication for a while now, but had limited control over my keys, defaulting to: KeePassXC also offers a nice interface for auto fill browser plugins, but that is out of scope here. KeePassXC offers a built-in SSH Agent capable of storing your private keys inside your encrypted vault, and only presenting keys to the agent when requested. KeePass being Open Source has many forks and client implementations, my favorite and choice for this being KeePassXC. If you are debating on switching to a password manager (which by the way, you should) and don’t need crazy SSH key control, Bitwarden is fine.

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Nothing against them, I still advocate for Bitwarden for anyone looking at a simple cloud and free password manager. I love the personal control I have over my vault, and when I started using it in 2012 most of the cloud password managers were not as strong as they are today. I’ve been using KeePass for almost a decade now. I wrote this guide with Windows 10/11 in mind, but should also work on Linux and MacOS OpenSSH agents. I’m going to talk about what I’ve done to solve this issue with security in mind, without disrupting my existing workflow and using the now native Windows OpenSSH service. Now you have become the digital equivalent of a building superintendent with massive ring of keys and no easy way to keep track of their usage.

It’s a lot easier to re-key 2 servers than 25.Įverything, we have compartmentalized our keys but now you have a new problem. Because of this, I choose to generate SSH keys for specific purposes or clients, thus limiting the “blast radius” a leaked key will have. There is a chance you will leak private keys (accidental GitHub commit, bad filesystem permissions, show it on a livestream, malware/trojans, and so on). While SSH keys offer greater security compared to passwords, they do not offer perfect security, no solution ever will (not even this one!). Many people will start using SSH keys having 1 key for their system, I was there myself. Over the years I have found myself becoming a collector of SSH keys used for different systems and clients of mine.