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dlech / KeeAgent

ssh agent plugin for KeePass 2.x
http://lechnology.com/software/keeagent
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What is the alternative to "Save attachment to temporary file when key is loaded" #383

Closed j54j6 closed 1 year ago

j54j6 commented 1 year ago

Hi,

I want to use this Plugin and currently I setup the Plugin for use with Putty. I've read the readthedocs site but can't find an explanation when I need to use the "temporary file" option - is this more secure? - I've read that the file will not be deleted when keepass crashes.. - how does the normal way work? - if I keep the box for saving to a temporary file unchecked?

Thanks for your help :)

dlech commented 1 year ago

This feature is only needed if you need the private key file to use as an argument for the -i <identity_file> option of of ssh. People generally need this feature to specify that a connection should use a specific key. If you don't have a reason to do this, then you don't need the feature.

j54j6 commented 1 year ago

Hey :) thank you for the quick response ^^ I need KeeAgent for exactly this reason - I want to link my private key and hand it over to Putty SSH - So I think I need to enable this option.

Is this in any way unsecure? - I've tested this already and I didn't need to paste my password - KeeAgent also do this...

dlech commented 1 year ago

It is as secure as the encryption of the private key file.