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Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by Boulth on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:15AM (#18228332)
They are using GPG Authentication subkeys for SSH.

I have them on a smartcard and it works really well (you can also connect Yubikey 4C to Android via OpenKeychain and login to servers using Termbot on the go using hardware stored keys - secure and convenient!).

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Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by infogulch on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @02:04PM (#18231617)
Ah so I'm just much more cavalier with my ssh keys. The 4C looks interesting though, thanks for the recommendation!
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Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was... by Boulth on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:05PM (#18233256)
Nowadays it's probably 5C, or 5 if you need USB-A connector.

An added benefit of Yubikey backed keys is touch to use so that you need to physically touch the token to use the key. A critical matter when using ForwardAgent!

[0]: https://developers.yubico.com/PGP/Card_edit.html

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