PowerShell / PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH
Feature: integrate with Windows Hello
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Description
There are a few forms this could take, but at a high level the desire is to have a single way to authenticate with windows (be it Windows Hello, fingerprint reader, a smart card, whatever).
One way this could work is for ssh-agent to encrypt the passwords for all SSH keys added by a given user with a random key, and then store that key using the authentication mechanism preferred by that user.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the ssh-agent behavior described in the issue and review how Win32-OpenSSH currently stores and protects passwords for added SSH keys. Before implementation, define which Windows authentication mechanisms are in scope and what a completed single authentication path should support.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- authentication, operating-systems, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100