KeeAgent should Accept Keys to be added via ssh/pageant

[stephan48]

Hi,

I already find the Plugin usefull but i would like to be able to add keys via ssh-add(agent forwarding) and Pageant(adding keys to the running KeeAgent(f.e. when you want to load an key you not want to store in the DB), also this could be usefull so you can open Multiple KeePass Databases and keys from the subsequent DataBases are added to the First Instance.

Regards,
Stephan

[dlech]

This is on my TODO list. Sorry, no ETA.

[stephan48]

Any Progress here?

[dlech]

I actually started working in this area a little bit this weekend, so hopefully something soon.

[dlech]

Hi, Stephan and anyone else following this.

I have a test version (2.5.0.1) for you to try out on the downloads page: https://github.com/dlech/KeeAgent/downloads

Ssh agent forwarding should work. It responds to most options from the ssh-add command.

I plan on adding options to enable/disable in-memory keys and database keys separately I will also add a button so that you can load additional keys from files to the in-memory keys.

Multiple databases are already supported. Multiple instances of KeePass are not and cannot be supported because of the way Pageant works.

Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions to make it better.

[stephan48]

I tested it a bit and it worked nicely! Is there maybe also a way to delete keys from in memory storage?
Also could you maybe include a way to define a Auto Load List/Quick Load list?

This would be a List of Keys which could be defined somewhere to be shown in the KeeAgent Menu/KeePass Tray for fast loading, maybe with a option to Auto Load them on KeePass Start and then you are asked for a pw.

F.e. i got a key which i want to manage Indepently(have it load but not in a KP DB) but loaded automatically.

[dlech]

For now, you can use ssh-add -d or ssh-add -D to delete keys.

[maxlaverse]

Hi,

Any updates on the ssh1 key support ? Btw, the v0.2.0.1 works fine with ssh2 keys :)
Also I tried to compile KeeAgent but I had trouble finding PageantCsharp ...

Regards
Max

[dlech]

Any updates on the ssh1 key support ?

I have not implemented it yet because no one has asked. I figured no one used it anymore. But we can sure add it. Do you code?

Also I tried to compile KeeAgent but I had trouble finding PageantCsharp

I recently changed the name of PageantSharp to SshAgentLib. I have been working on a stand-alone agent that uses the same library and I have not back-ported it to KeeAgent yet. I am very close though - maybe in the next week or so.

[stephan48]

Am 14.12.2012 23:02, schrieb dlech:

Any updates on the ssh1 key support ?

I have not implemented it yet because no one has asked. I figured no
one used it anymore. But we can sure add it. Do you code?

Also I tried to compile KeeAgent but I had trouble finding
PageantCsharp

I recently changed the name of PageantSharp to SshAgentLib
https://github.com/dlech/SshAgentLib. I have been working on a
stand-alone agent that uses the same library and I have not
back-ported it to KeeAgent yet. I am very close though - maybe in the
next week or so.

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Maybe then you could outsource the agent functionality?

f.e. keeagent just talks with that agent like with a pageant.

[dlech]

Maybe then you could outsource the agent functionality?
f.e. keeagent just talks with that agent like with a pageant.

My intention is for KeeAgent to work both ways. It can act as a stand-alone agent or as a client to an external agent (Pageant or OpenSSH)

[maxlaverse]

Yes I code and I know C#.

I already opened the SshAgentLib project. I also downloaded putty's sources and looked into winpgnt.c to see how the ssh1 key management is done.

I will try to get familiar with the ssh-agent algorithms until you stabilize the agent library.

[dlech]

@maxlaverse, let's move this conversation to dlech/SshAgentLib#1

[dlech]

Stephan,

At long last! I have released a beta version that has most of the features you have suggested. You can get it at http://lechnology.com/KeeAgent+Beta

Let me know what you think!

[stephan48]

EDIT: moved comment to Issue #26