linux-credentials / linux-credentials/credentialsd
Provide an SSH_SK_PROVIDER for openssh
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 259
- Forks
- 19
- Avg merge
- 1d 2h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 12
Description
Openssh comes with built-in support for security keys through linking against `libfido2`.
However, they also support loading a `SSH_SK_PROVIDER` shared library instead (implementing the https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/master/sk-api.h functions).
Would be neat if we can provider a small shim that supports this so that `openssh` can be used with `credentialsd` instead of `libfido2`
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 OpenSSH's sk-api.h, linked from the issue, and identify the shared-library interface that the shim must implement. Then inspect credentialsd's existing WebAuthn/passkey support and determine how it can back those calls. Done means OpenSSH can use the provider with credentialsd instead of linking against libfido2.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- authentication, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100