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Sign arbitrary data with your SSH keys

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637 points h1x | 5 comments | 13 Nov 21 09:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.87s | source
1. recursive ◴[13 Nov 21 17:49 UTC] No.29211671[source]▶
> And if you use GitHub, or any other service that uses SSH keys for authentication, you already have an SSH key that can be used to generate signatures.

Nope. I just checked. I don't.

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2. ◴[13 Nov 21 17:52 UTC] No.29211688[source]▶
3. bogwog ◴[13 Nov 21 18:16 UTC] No.29211904[source]▶
So you enter your username and password every time you git pull/push?
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4. frutiger ◴[13 Nov 21 18:33 UTC] No.29212056[source]▶
Or they use a git-credential-helper with a Personal Access Token.
5. recursive ◴[13 Nov 21 20:06 UTC] No.29212738[source]▶
Definitely not. I think I enter it about once per machine.