version 1.28, 2001/09/05 06:23:07 |
version 1.29, 2001/11/19 18:40:46 |
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.Xr ssh 1 |
.Xr ssh 1 |
looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent. |
looks at these variables and uses them to establish a connection to the agent. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
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The agent will never send a private key over its request channel. |
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Instead, operations that require a private key will be performed |
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by the agent, and the result will be returned to the requester. |
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This way, private keys are not exposed to clients using the agent. |
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.Pp |
A unix-domain socket is created |
A unix-domain socket is created |
.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> , |
.Pq Pa /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXXX/agent.<pid> , |
and the name of this socket is stored in the |
and the name of this socket is stored in the |