mscdex / mscdex/ssh2

Server : make ssh-agent available to connections

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Description

The auth-agent-req@openssh.com channel is not implemented on the server side.
(i.e, If a server wants to forward/access the auth-agent, and push some key into)

The server need to acknowledge the request by opening a channel (see openssh source code )

Also, ssh2-streams need to implement this channel ssh2-stream

I've created a PR if you could take a look

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Research direction

Read the referenced OpenSSH session.c implementation and the ssh2-streams pull request first, then inspect the server-side handling for the auth-agent-req@openssh.com request. Done means the server acknowledges the request and makes the SSH authentication agent available to the connection, with the related ssh2-streams support accounted for.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, nodejs
Domain
authentication, backend, networking, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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