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Re:Secretive – macOS native app to store SSH keys in the Sec... by zymhan on Saturday June 27, 2020 @05:17PM (#23664762)
If you only have a single SSH key as the only method of authenticating somewhere, you already have a dangerous single point of failure.
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Re:Secretive – macOS native app to store SSH keys in the Sec... by comex on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:55PM (#23665350)
Not if you have multiple copies of the private key. But yes, there are advantages to having any given key only exist in one place.
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Re:Secretive – macOS native app to store SSH keys in the Sec... by NovemberWhiskey on Saturday June 27, 2020 @08:36PM (#23665866)
If you are making multiple copies of a private key in different places, why wouldn't you just keep a different private key in each of those places along with its corresponding public key though?

That way, you can remove trust from just one of them if you (e.g.) have your computer stolen.

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