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Re:Sign arbitrary data with your SSH keys by cassonmars on Saturday November 13, 2021 @02:17PM (#29212420)
Right, I guess what I was more critical of wasn’t a hash confirmation of associated data — it’s more the trivial bypass of this when the key is compromised in the first place. Theoretically, a user doesn’t export their key, or if they do, it’s under a tightly controlled manner which limits surface area for exposure to only the source and destination. So in this scenario, the only way a private key is exposed is if one of the user’s devices is compromised, in which case the promise of associated data is meaningless.

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